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Title: Dirac fermions and possible weak antilocalization in LaCuSb 2

Abstract

Layered heavy-metal square-lattice compounds have recently emerged as potential Dirac fermion materials due to bonding within those sublattices. We report quantum transport and spectroscopic data on the layered Sb square-lattice material LaCuSb2. Linearly dispersing band crossings, necessary to generate Dirac fermions, are experimentally observed in the electronic band structure observed using angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy, along with a quasi-two-dimensional Fermi surface. Weak antilocalization that arises from two-dimensional transport is observed in the magnetoresistance, as well as regions of linear dependence, both of which are indicative of topologically nontrivial effects. Measurements of the Shubnikov–de Haas quantum oscillations show low effective mass electrons on the order of 0.065me, further confirming the presence of Dirac fermions in this material.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1];  [2];  [3]; ORCiD logo [4];  [5]; ORCiD logo [6]; ORCiD logo [6]; ORCiD logo [3]; ORCiD logo [2]; ORCiD logo [1]
  1. Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD (United States)
  2. Max-Planck-Inst. für Festkörperforschung, Stuttgart (Germany); Princeton Univ., NJ (United States)
  3. Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY (United States). Lab. of Atomic and Solid State Physics (LASSP)
  4. Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD (United States); Gdansk Univ. of Technology (Poland)
  5. Max-Planck-Inst. für Festkörperforschung, Stuttgart (Germany)
  6. Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB), (Germany). German Research Centre for Materials and Energy
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Institute for Quantum Matter (IQM); Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Science Foundation (NSF); US Army Research Office (ARO)
OSTI Identifier:
1767714
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1579456
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0019331; DMR-142054; W911NF-12-1-0461; 1752784
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
APL Materials
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 7; Journal Issue: 12; Journal ID: ISSN 2166-532X
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; optics; thermal conductivity; defects; charge transport; superconductivity; magnetism and spin physics; quantum information science; materials and chemistry by design; synthesis (novel materials); Fermi surface; electronic transport; topological phases; angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy; magnetic fields; density functional theory; electronic band structure; crystal structure; quantum oscillations

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Chamorro, J. R., Topp, A., Fang, Y., Winiarski, M. J., Ast, C. R., Krivenkov, M., Varykhalov, A., Ramshaw, B. J., Schoop, L. M., and McQueen, T. M. Dirac fermions and possible weak antilocalization in LaCuSb 2. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1063/1.5124685.
Chamorro, J. R., Topp, A., Fang, Y., Winiarski, M. J., Ast, C. R., Krivenkov, M., Varykhalov, A., Ramshaw, B. J., Schoop, L. M., & McQueen, T. M. Dirac fermions and possible weak antilocalization in LaCuSb 2. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5124685
Chamorro, J. R., Topp, A., Fang, Y., Winiarski, M. J., Ast, C. R., Krivenkov, M., Varykhalov, A., Ramshaw, B. J., Schoop, L. M., and McQueen, T. M. Mon . "Dirac fermions and possible weak antilocalization in LaCuSb 2". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5124685. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1767714.
@article{osti_1767714,
title = {Dirac fermions and possible weak antilocalization in LaCuSb 2},
author = {Chamorro, J. R. and Topp, A. and Fang, Y. and Winiarski, M. J. and Ast, C. R. and Krivenkov, M. and Varykhalov, A. and Ramshaw, B. J. and Schoop, L. M. and McQueen, T. M.},
abstractNote = {Layered heavy-metal square-lattice compounds have recently emerged as potential Dirac fermion materials due to bonding within those sublattices. We report quantum transport and spectroscopic data on the layered Sb square-lattice material LaCuSb2. Linearly dispersing band crossings, necessary to generate Dirac fermions, are experimentally observed in the electronic band structure observed using angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy, along with a quasi-two-dimensional Fermi surface. Weak antilocalization that arises from two-dimensional transport is observed in the magnetoresistance, as well as regions of linear dependence, both of which are indicative of topologically nontrivial effects. Measurements of the Shubnikov–de Haas quantum oscillations show low effective mass electrons on the order of 0.065me, further confirming the presence of Dirac fermions in this material.},
doi = {10.1063/1.5124685},
journal = {APL Materials},
number = 12,
volume = 7,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Dec 16 00:00:00 EST 2019},
month = {Mon Dec 16 00:00:00 EST 2019}
}

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