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Title: Low-energy surface states in the normal state of α- PdBi 2 superconductor

Abstract

Topological superconductors as characterized by Majorana surface states have been actively searched for their significance in fundamental science and technological implication. The large spin-orbit coupling in Bi-Pd binaries has stimulated extensive investigations on the topological surface states in these superconducting compounds. Here we report a study of normal-state electronic structure in a centrosymmetric α-PdBi2 within density functional theory calculations. By investigating the electronic structure from the bulk to slab geometries in this system, we predict for the first time that α-PdBi2 can host orbital-dependent and asymmetric Rashba surface states near the Fermi energy. This study suggests that α-PdBi2 will be a good candidate to explore the relationship between superconductivity and topology in condensed matter physics.

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 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [1]
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  1. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
  2. Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL (United States)
  3. Tokyo Inst. of Technology (Japan)
  4. Nanyang Technological Univ. (Singapore)
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Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1406216
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1376943
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-17-22900
Journal ID: ISSN 2475-9953; PRMHAR; TRN: US1703258
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC52-06NA25396
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review Materials
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 1; Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 2475-9953
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; Material Science

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Choi, Hongchul, Neupane, Madhab, Sasagawa, T., Chia, Elbert E. M., and Zhu, Jian-Xin. Low-energy surface states in the normal state of α-PdBi2 superconductor. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.1.034201.
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Choi, Hongchul, Neupane, Madhab, Sasagawa, T., Chia, Elbert E. M., & Zhu, Jian-Xin. Low-energy surface states in the normal state of α-PdBi2 superconductor. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.1.034201
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Choi, Hongchul, Neupane, Madhab, Sasagawa, T., Chia, Elbert E. M., and Zhu, Jian-Xin. Fri . "Low-energy surface states in the normal state of α-PdBi2 superconductor". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.1.034201. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1406216.
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@article{osti_1406216,
title = {Low-energy surface states in the normal state of α-PdBi2 superconductor},
author = {Choi, Hongchul and Neupane, Madhab and Sasagawa, T. and Chia, Elbert E. M. and Zhu, Jian-Xin},
abstractNote = {Topological superconductors as characterized by Majorana surface states have been actively searched for their significance in fundamental science and technological implication. The large spin-orbit coupling in Bi-Pd binaries has stimulated extensive investigations on the topological surface states in these superconducting compounds. Here we report a study of normal-state electronic structure in a centrosymmetric α-PdBi2 within density functional theory calculations. By investigating the electronic structure from the bulk to slab geometries in this system, we predict for the first time that α-PdBi2 can host orbital-dependent and asymmetric Rashba surface states near the Fermi energy. This study suggests that α-PdBi2 will be a good candidate to explore the relationship between superconductivity and topology in condensed matter physics.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.1.034201},
journal = {Physical Review Materials},
number = 3,
volume = 1,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Aug 25 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Fri Aug 25 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}
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