Anomalous Nernst effect and field-induced Lifshitz transition in the Weyl semimetals TaP and TaAs

被引：57

作者：

Caglieris, F. ^{[1
]}

Wuttke, C. ^{[1
]}

Sykora, S. ^{[2
]}

Suess, V ^{[2
]}

Shekhar, C. ^{[2
]}

Felser, C. ^{[2
]}

Buechner, B. ^{[1
,3
,4
]}

Hess, C. ^{[1
,4
]}

机构：

[1] Leibniz Inst Solid State & Mat Res, D-01069 Dresden, Germany

[2] Max Planck Inst Chem Phys Solids, D-01187 Dresden, Germany

[3] Tech Univ Dresden, Inst Festkorperphys, D-01069 Dresden, Germany

[4] Tech Univ Dresden, Ctr Transport & Devices, D-01069 Dresden, Germany

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 2018年 / 98卷 / 20期

基金：

欧洲研究理事会;

关键词：

FERMI ARCS; MAGNETORESISTANCE; DISCOVERY;

D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevB.98.201107

中图分类号：

T [工业技术];

学科分类号：

08 ;

摘要：

The discovery of Weyl fermions in transition-metal monoarsenides/phosphides without inversion symmetry represents an exceptional breakthrough in modern condensed matter physics. However, exploring the inherent nature of these quasiparticles is experimentally elusive because most of the experimental probes rely on analyzing Fermi arc topology or controversial signatures such as the appearance of the chiral anomaly and the giant magnetoresistance. Here, we show that the prototypical type-I Weyl semimetals TaP and TaAs possess a giant anomalous Nernst signal with a characteristic saturation plateau beyond a critical field which can be understood as a direct consequence of the finite Berry curvature originating from the Weyl points. Our results thus promote the Nernst coefficient as an ideal bulk probe for detecting and exploring the fingerprints of emergent Weyl physics.

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