Electronic structure of SrSn2As2 near the topological critical point

Abstract Topological materials with exotic quantum properties are promising candidates for quantum spin electronics. Different classes of topological materials, including Weyl semimetal, topological superconductor, topological insulator and Axion insulator, etc., can be connected to each other via q...

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Autores principales: L.-Y. Rong, J.-Z. Ma, S.-M. Nie, Z.-P. Lin, Z.-L. Li, B.-B. Fu, L.-Y. Kong, X.-Z. Zhang, Y.-B. Huang, H.-M. Weng, T. Qian, H. Ding, R.-Z. Tai
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/5740021ad4004a6aaedfab056681b2fd
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Sumario:Abstract Topological materials with exotic quantum properties are promising candidates for quantum spin electronics. Different classes of topological materials, including Weyl semimetal, topological superconductor, topological insulator and Axion insulator, etc., can be connected to each other via quantum phase transition. For example, it is believed that a trivial band insulator can be twisted into topological phase by increasing spin-orbital coupling or changing the parameters of crystal lattice. With the results of LDA calculation and measurement by angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES), we demonstrate in this work that the electronic structure of SrSn2As2 single crystal has the texture of band inversion near the critical point. The results indicate the possibility of realizing topological quantum phase transition in SrSn2As2 single crystal and obtaining different exotic quantum states.