Magnetotransport and electronic structure of the antiferromagnetic semimetal YbAs
Abstract
A number of rare-earth monopnictides have topologically nontrivial band structures together with magnetism and strong electronic correlations. In order to examine whether the antiferromagnetic (AFM) semimetal YbAs (TN=0.5 K) exhibits such a scenario, we have grown high-quality single crystals using a flux method, and characterized the magnetic properties and electronic structure using specific heat, magnetotransport, and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) measurements, together with density functional theory (DFT) calculations. Both ARPES and DFT calculations find no evidence for band inversions in YbAs, indicating a topologically trivial electronic structure. From low-temperature magnetotransport measurements, we map the field-temperature phase diagram, where we find the presence of a field stabilized phase distinct from the AFM phase at low temperatures. Additionally, an extremely large magnetoresistance (XMR) for both YbAs and the nonmagnetic counterpart LuAs is also observed, which can consistently be accounted for by the presence of electron-hole compensation. Moreover, an angle-dependent study of the Shubnikov-de Haas effect oscillations reveals very similar Fermi surfaces between YbAs and LuAs, with light effective masses down to at least 0.5 K, indicating that the Yb-4f electrons are well localized, and do not contribute to the Fermi surface. However, the influence of the localized Yb-4f electrons on the magnetotransportmore »
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- Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou (China). Center for Correlated Matter
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Advanced Light Source (ALS)
- Hangzhou Normal Univ. (China)
- Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou (China). Center for Correlated Matter; Nanjing Univ. (China). Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures
- Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou (China). Center for Correlated Matter; Hiroshima Univ. (Japan)
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- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Key Research and Development Program of China; Nationanl Natural Science Foundation of China; Science Challenge Project of China
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1775367
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- OSTI ID: 1601069
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-05CH11231; 2017YFA0303100; 2016YFA030020; U1632275; 11604291; 11974306; TZ201600
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review B
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 101; Journal Issue: 8; 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; Fermi surface; Hall effect; Kondo effect; magnetoresistance; Shubnikov-de Haas effect; semimetals; angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy
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Xie, W., Wu, Y., Du, F., Wang, A., Su, H., Chen, Y., Nie, Z. Y., Mo, S. -K., Smidman, M., Cao, C., Liu, Y., Takabatake, T., and Yuan, H. Q. Magnetotransport and electronic structure of the antiferromagnetic semimetal YbAs. United States: N. p., 2020.
Web. doi:10.1103/physrevb.101.085132.
Xie, W., Wu, Y., Du, F., Wang, A., Su, H., Chen, Y., Nie, Z. Y., Mo, S. -K., Smidman, M., Cao, C., Liu, Y., Takabatake, T., & Yuan, H. Q. Magnetotransport and electronic structure of the antiferromagnetic semimetal YbAs. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.101.085132
Xie, W., Wu, Y., Du, F., Wang, A., Su, H., Chen, Y., Nie, Z. Y., Mo, S. -K., Smidman, M., Cao, C., Liu, Y., Takabatake, T., and Yuan, H. Q. Wed .
"Magnetotransport and electronic structure of the antiferromagnetic semimetal YbAs". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.101.085132. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1775367.
@article{osti_1775367,
title = {Magnetotransport and electronic structure of the antiferromagnetic semimetal YbAs},
author = {Xie, W. and Wu, Y. and Du, F. and Wang, A. and Su, H. and Chen, Y. and Nie, Z. Y. and Mo, S. -K. and Smidman, M. and Cao, C. and Liu, Y. and Takabatake, T. and Yuan, H. Q.},
abstractNote = {A number of rare-earth monopnictides have topologically nontrivial band structures together with magnetism and strong electronic correlations. In order to examine whether the antiferromagnetic (AFM) semimetal YbAs (TN=0.5 K) exhibits such a scenario, we have grown high-quality single crystals using a flux method, and characterized the magnetic properties and electronic structure using specific heat, magnetotransport, and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) measurements, together with density functional theory (DFT) calculations. Both ARPES and DFT calculations find no evidence for band inversions in YbAs, indicating a topologically trivial electronic structure. From low-temperature magnetotransport measurements, we map the field-temperature phase diagram, where we find the presence of a field stabilized phase distinct from the AFM phase at low temperatures. Additionally, an extremely large magnetoresistance (XMR) for both YbAs and the nonmagnetic counterpart LuAs is also observed, which can consistently be accounted for by the presence of electron-hole compensation. Moreover, an angle-dependent study of the Shubnikov-de Haas effect oscillations reveals very similar Fermi surfaces between YbAs and LuAs, with light effective masses down to at least 0.5 K, indicating that the Yb-4f electrons are well localized, and do not contribute to the Fermi surface. However, the influence of the localized Yb-4f electrons on the magnetotransport of YbAs can be discerned from the distinct temperature dependence of the XMR compared to that of LuAs, which we attribute to the influence of short-ranged spin correlations that appear well above TN.},
doi = {10.1103/physrevb.101.085132},
journal = {Physical Review B},
number = 8,
volume = 101,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Feb 19 00:00:00 EST 2020},
month = {Wed Feb 19 00:00:00 EST 2020}
}
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