Nontrivial Berry phase and type-II Dirac transport in the layered material PdTe2

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作者
Fei, Fucong [1 ]
Bo, Xiangyan [1 ]
Wang, Rui [1 ]
Wu, Bin [1 ]
Jiang, Juan [2 ]
Fu, Dongzhi [1 ]
Gao, Ming [3 ]
Zheng, Hao [4 ]
Chen, Yulin [2 ,5 ]
Wang, Xuefeng [3 ]
Bu, Haijun [1 ]
Song, Fengqi [1 ]
Wan, Xiangang [1 ]
Wang, Baigeng [1 ]
Wang, Guanghou [1 ]
机构
[1] Nanjing Univ, Coll Phys, Collaborat Innovat Ctr Adv Microstruct, Natl Lab Solid State Microstruct, Nanjing 210093, Jiangsu, Peoples R China
[2] ShanghaiTech Univ, CAS Shanghai Sci Res Ctr, Sch Phys Sci & Technol, Shanghai 200031, Peoples R China
[3] Nanjing Univ, Sch Elect Sci & Engn, Collaborat Innovat Ctr Adv Microstruct, Natl Lab Solid State Microstruct, Nanjing 210093, Jiangsu, Peoples R China
[4] Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, Shanghai 200240, Peoples R China
[5] Univ Oxford, Dept Phys, Oxford OX1 3PU, England
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
WEYL FERMION SEMIMETAL; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; DISCOVERY; SURFACE; INTERFERENCE; ARCS;
D O I
10.1103/PhysRevB.96.041201
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
We report on a systematic study of type-II Dirac fermions in a layered crystal of PdTe2. De Haas-van Alphen oscillations show a small Fermi-surface pocket with a cross section of 0.077 nm(-2) with a nontrivial Berry phase. First-principles calculation reveals that the nontrivial Berry phase originates from a hole pocket formed by the tilted Dirac cone. In addition, the band dispersion measured with angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy is found to be consistent with that of a type-II Dirac cone dispersion. We propose that PdTe2 is an improved platform to host topological superconductors.
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