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Title: Nonsaturating large magnetoresistance in the high carrier density nonsymmorphic metal CrP

Abstract

The band structure of high carrier density metal CrP features an interesting crossing at the Y point of the Brillouin zone. The crossing, which is protected by the nonsymmorphic symmetry of the space group, results in a hybrid, semi-Dirac-like energy-momentum dispersion relation near Y. The linear energy-momentum dispersion relation along Y - Γ is reminiscent of the observed band structure in several semimetallic extremely large magnetoresistance (XMR) materials. We have measured the transverse magnetoresistance of CrP up to 14 T at temperatures as low as ~16 mK. Our data reveal a nonsaturating, quadratic magnetoresistance as well as the behavior of the so-called “turn-on” temperature in the temperature dependence of resistivity. Despite the difference in the magnitude of the magnetoresistance and the fact that CrP is not a semimetal, these features are qualitatively similar to the observations reported for XMR materials. Thus, the high-field electrical transport studies of CrP offer the prospect of identifying the possible origin of the nonsaturating, quadratic magnetoresistance observed in a wide range of metals.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [1];  [2];  [2];  [2];  [2];  [2];  [3];  [3];  [3];  [3];  [3];  [2]
  1. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
  2. The Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong (Hong Kong)
  3. Kobe Univ. (Japan)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
National Science Foundation (NSF)
OSTI Identifier:
1604026
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1501694
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-19-20397
Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9950; PRBMDO; TRN: US2104181
Grant/Contract Number:  
89233218CNA000001
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review B
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 99; Journal Issue: 12; Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9950
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; High Magnetic Field Science

Citation Formats

Sun, Dan, Balakirev, Fedor Fedorovich, Niu, Qun, Yu, WC, Aulestia, E. I. Paredes, Hu, YJ, Lai, Kwing To, Kotegawa, H, Matsuoka, E, Sugawara, H, Tou, H, Yanase, Y, and Goh, S. J. Nonsaturating large magnetoresistance in the high carrier density nonsymmorphic metal CrP. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.99.125126.
Sun, Dan, Balakirev, Fedor Fedorovich, Niu, Qun, Yu, WC, Aulestia, E. I. Paredes, Hu, YJ, Lai, Kwing To, Kotegawa, H, Matsuoka, E, Sugawara, H, Tou, H, Yanase, Y, & Goh, S. J. Nonsaturating large magnetoresistance in the high carrier density nonsymmorphic metal CrP. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.99.125126
Sun, Dan, Balakirev, Fedor Fedorovich, Niu, Qun, Yu, WC, Aulestia, E. I. Paredes, Hu, YJ, Lai, Kwing To, Kotegawa, H, Matsuoka, E, Sugawara, H, Tou, H, Yanase, Y, and Goh, S. J. Mon . "Nonsaturating large magnetoresistance in the high carrier density nonsymmorphic metal CrP". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.99.125126. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1604026.
@article{osti_1604026,
title = {Nonsaturating large magnetoresistance in the high carrier density nonsymmorphic metal CrP},
author = {Sun, Dan and Balakirev, Fedor Fedorovich and Niu, Qun and Yu, WC and Aulestia, E. I. Paredes and Hu, YJ and Lai, Kwing To and Kotegawa, H and Matsuoka, E and Sugawara, H and Tou, H and Yanase, Y and Goh, S. J.},
abstractNote = {The band structure of high carrier density metal CrP features an interesting crossing at the Y point of the Brillouin zone. The crossing, which is protected by the nonsymmorphic symmetry of the space group, results in a hybrid, semi-Dirac-like energy-momentum dispersion relation near Y. The linear energy-momentum dispersion relation along Y - Γ is reminiscent of the observed band structure in several semimetallic extremely large magnetoresistance (XMR) materials. We have measured the transverse magnetoresistance of CrP up to 14 T at temperatures as low as ~16 mK. Our data reveal a nonsaturating, quadratic magnetoresistance as well as the behavior of the so-called “turn-on” temperature in the temperature dependence of resistivity. Despite the difference in the magnitude of the magnetoresistance and the fact that CrP is not a semimetal, these features are qualitatively similar to the observations reported for XMR materials. Thus, the high-field electrical transport studies of CrP offer the prospect of identifying the possible origin of the nonsaturating, quadratic magnetoresistance observed in a wide range of metals.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevB.99.125126},
journal = {Physical Review B},
number = 12,
volume = 99,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Mar 18 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Mon Mar 18 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}

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