I05-ARPES
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Diamond Proposal Number(s):
[5008, 9689]
Abstract: The role of nematic order for the mechanism of high-temperature superconductivity is highly debated. In most iron-based superconductors (IBSs) the tetragonal symmetry is broken already in the normal state, resulting in orthorhombic lattice distortions, static stripe magnetic order, or both. Superconductivity then emerges, at least at weak doping, already from the state with broken
C
4
rotational symmetry. One of the few stoichiometric IBSs, lithium iron arsenide superconducts below 18 K and does not display either structural or magnetic transition in the normal state. Here we demonstrate, using angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy, that even the superconducting state in LiFeAs is also a nematic one. We observe spontaneous breaking of the rotational symmetry in the gap amplitude on all Fermi surfaces, as well as unidirectional distortion of the Fermi pockets. Remarkably, these deformations are hardly visible above superconducting
T
c
. Our results demonstrate the realization of the phenomenon of superconductivity-induced nematicity in IBSs, emphasizing the intimate relation between them. We suggest a theoretical explanation based on the emergence of a secondary instability inside the superconducting state, which leads to the nematic order and
s
−
d
mixing in the gap function.
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Nov 2020
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I05-ARPES
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Georg
Poelchen
,
Susanne
Schulz
,
Max
Mende
,
Monika
Guttler
,
Alexander
Generalov
,
Alexander V.
Fedorov
,
Nubia
Caroca-canales
,
Christoph
Geibel
,
Kristin
Kliemt
,
Cornelius
Krellner
,
Steffen
Danzenbacher
,
Dmitry Y.
Usachov
,
Pavel
Dudin
,
Victor N.
Antonov
,
James W.
Allen
,
Clemens
Laubschat
,
Kurt
Kummer
,
Yuri
Kucherenko
,
Denis V.
Vyalikh
Diamond Proposal Number(s):
[17761, 24339]
Open Access
Abstract: Ultra-violet angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (UV-ARPES) was used to explore the temperature dependence of the Ce-4f spectral responses for surface and bulk in the antiferromagnetic Kondo lattice CeRh2Si2. Spectra were taken from Ce- and Si-terminated surfaces in a wide temperature range, and reveal characteristic 4f patterns for weakly (surface) and strongly (bulk) hybridized Ce, respectively. The temperature dependence of the Fermi level peak differs strongly for both cases implying that the effective Kondo temperature at the surface and bulk can be rather distinct. The greatly reduced crystal–electric-field (CEF) splitting at the surface gives reason to believe that the surface may exhibit a larger effective Kondo temperature because of a higher local-moment effective degeneracy. Further, the hybridization processes could strongly affect the 4f peak intensity at the Fermi level. We derived the k-resolved dispersion of the Kondo peak which is also found to be distinct due to different sets of itinerant bands to which the 4f states of surface and bulk Ce are coupled. Overall our study brings into reach the ultimate goal of quantitatively testing many-body theories that link spectroscopy and transport properties, for both the bulk and the surface, separately. It also allows for a direct insight into the broader problem of Kondo lattices with two different local-moment sublattices, providing some understanding of why the cross-talking between the two Kondo effects is weak.
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Oct 2020
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I05-ARPES
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Takafumi
Sato
,
Zhiwei
Wang
,
Daichi
Takane
,
Seigo
Souma
,
Chaoxi
Cui
,
Yongkai
Li
,
Kosuke
Nakayama
,
Tappei
Kawakami
,
Yuya
Kubota
,
Cephise
Cacho
,
Timur
Kim
,
Arian
Arab
,
Vladimir N.
Strocov
,
Yugui
Yao
,
Takashi
Takahashi
Diamond Proposal Number(s):
[23799]
Open Access
Abstract: We have performed angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy on
EuIn
2
As
2
which is predicted to be an axion insulator in the antiferromagnetic state. By utilizing soft-x-ray and vacuum-ultraviolet photons, we revealed a three-dimensional hole pocket centered at the
Γ
point of the bulk Brillouin zone together with a heavily hole-doped surface state in the paramagnetic phase. Upon entering the antiferromagnetic phase, the band structure exhibits a marked reconstruction characterized by the emergence of an “M”-shaped bulk band near the Fermi level. The qualitative agreement with first-principles band-structure calculations suggests the occurrence of bulk-band inversion at the
Γ
point in the antiferromagnetic phase. We suggest that
EuIn
2
As
2
provides a good opportunity to study the exotic quantum phases associated with a possible axion-insulator phase.
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Sep 2020
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I05-ARPES
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So
Kunisada
,
Shunsuke
Isono
,
Yoshimitsu
Kohama
,
Shiro
Sakai
,
Cédric
Bareille
,
Shunsuke
Sakuragi
,
Ryo
Noguchi
,
Kifu
Kurokawa
,
Kenta
Kuroda
,
Yukiaki
Ishida
,
Shintaro
Adachi
,
Ryotaro
Sekine
,
Timur K.
Kim
,
Cephise
Cacho
,
Shik
Shin
,
Takami
Tohyama
,
Kazuyasu
Tokiwa
,
Takeshi
Kondo
Diamond Proposal Number(s):
[20445, 20446]
Abstract: In cuprate superconductors with high critical transition temperature (Tc), light hole-doping to the parent compound, which is an antiferromagnetic Mott insulator, has been predicted to lead to the formation of small Fermi pockets. These pockets, however, have not been observed. Here, we investigate the electronic structure of the five-layered Ba2Ca4Cu5O10(F,O)2, which has inner copper oxide (CuO2) planes with extremely low disorder, and find small Fermi pockets centered at (π/2, π/2) of the Brillouin zone by angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy and quantum oscillation measurements. The d-wave superconducting gap opens along the pocket, revealing the coexistence between superconductivity and antiferromagnetic ordering in the same CuO2 sheet. These data further indicate that superconductivity can occur without contribution from the antinodal region around (π, 0), which is shared by other competing excitations.
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Aug 2020
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I05-ARPES
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Niels B. M.
Schroeter
,
Samuel
Stolz
,
Kaustuv
Manna
,
Fernando
De Juan
,
Maia G.
Vergniory
,
Jonas A.
Krieger
,
Ding
Pei
,
Thorsten
Schmitt
,
Pavel
Dudin
,
Timur K.
Kim
,
Cephise
Cacho
,
Barry
Bradlyn
,
Horst
Borrmann
,
Marcus
Schmidt
,
Roland
Widmer
,
Vladimir N.
Strocov
,
Claudia
Felser
Diamond Proposal Number(s):
[24703, 20617]
Open Access
Abstract: Topological semimetals feature protected nodal band degeneracies characterized by a topological invariant known as the Chern number (C). Nodal band crossings with linear dispersion are expected to have at most |C|=4
|
C
|
=
4
, which sets an upper limit to the magnitude of many topological phenomena in these materials. Here, we show that the chiral crystal palladium gallium (PdGa) displays multifold band crossings, which are connected by exactly four surface Fermi arcs, thus proving that they carry the maximal Chern number magnitude of 4. By comparing two enantiomers, we observe a reversal of their Fermi-arc velocities, which demonstrates that the handedness of chiral crystals can be used to control the sign of their Chern numbers.
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Jul 2020
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I05-ARPES
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Liheng
An
,
Xiangbin
Cai
,
Ding
Pei
,
Meizhen
Huang
,
Zefei
Wu
,
Zishu
Zhou
,
Jiangxiazi
Lin
,
Zhehan
Ying
,
Ziqing
Ye
,
Xuemeng
Feng
,
Ruiyan
Gao
,
Cephise
Cacho
,
Matthew
Watson
,
Yulin
Chen
,
Ning
Wang
Diamond Proposal Number(s):
[24366]
Abstract: Twisted bilayer graphene provides a new two-dimensional platform for studying electron interaction phenomena and flat band properties such as correlated insulator transition, superconductivity and ferromagnetism at certain magic angles. Here, we present experimental characterization of interaction effects and superconductivity signatures in p-type twisted double-bilayer WSe2. Enhanced interlayer interactions are observed when the twist angle decreases to a few degrees as reflected by the high-order satellites in the electron diffraction patterns taken from the reconstructed domains from a conventional moiré superlattice. In contrast to twisted bilayer graphene, there is no specific magic angle for twisted WSe2. Flat band properties are observable at twist angles ranging from 1 to 4 degrees. Our work has facilitated future study in the area of flat band related properties in twisted transition metal dichalcogenide layered structures.
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Jul 2020
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I05-ARPES
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Saumya
Mukherjee
,
Sung Won
Jung
,
Sophie F.
Weber
,
Chunqiang
Xu
,
Dong
Qian
,
Xiaofeng
Xu
,
Pabitra K.
Biswas
,
Timur K.
Kim
,
Laurent C.
Chapon
,
Matthew D.
Watson
,
Jeffrey B.
Neaton
,
Cephise
Cacho
Diamond Proposal Number(s):
[21591]
Open Access
Abstract: Transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) offer an ideal platform to experimentally realize Dirac fermions. However, typically these exotic quasiparticles are located far away from the Fermi level, limiting the contribution of Dirac-like carriers to the transport properties. Here we show that NiTe2 hosts both bulk Type-II Dirac points and topological surface states. The underlying mechanism is shared with other TMDs and based on the generic topological character of the Te p-orbital manifold. However, unique to NiTe2, a significant contribution of Ni d orbital states shifts the energy of the Type-II Dirac point close to the Fermi level. In addition, one of the topological surface states intersects the Fermi energy and exhibits a remarkably large spin splitting of 120 meV. Our results establish NiTe2 as an exciting candidate for next-generation spintronics devices.
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Jul 2020
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I05-ARPES
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Paolo
Sessi
,
Feng-ren
Fan
,
Felix
Küster
,
Kaustuv
Manna
,
Niels B. M.
Schroeter
,
Jing-rong
Ji
,
Samuel
Stolz
,
Jonas A.
Krieger
,
Ding
Pei
,
Timur K.
Kim
,
Pavel
Dudin
,
Cephise
Cacho
,
Remo N.
Widmer
,
Horst
Borrmann
,
Wujun
Shi
,
Kai
Chang
,
Yan
Sun
,
Claudia
Felser
,
Stuart S. P.
Parkin
Diamond Proposal Number(s):
[2470, 20617]
Open Access
Abstract: It has recently been proposed that combining chirality with topological band theory results in a totally new class of fermions. Understanding how these unconventional quasiparticles propagate and interact remains largely unexplored so far. Here, we use scanning tunneling microscopy to visualize the electronic properties of the prototypical chiral topological semimetal PdGa. We reveal chiral quantum interference patterns of opposite spiraling directions for the two PdGa enantiomers, a direct manifestation of the change of sign of their Chern number. Additionally, we demonstrate that PdGa remains topologically non-trivial over a large energy range, experimentally detecting Fermi arcs in an energy window of more than 1.6 eV that is symmetrically centered around the Fermi level. These results are a consequence of the deep connection between chirality in real and reciprocal space in this class of materials, and, thereby, establish PdGa as an ideal topological chiral semimetal.
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Jul 2020
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I05-ARPES
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Jia-xin
Yin
,
Wenlong
Ma
,
Tyler A.
Cochran
,
Xitong
Xu
,
Songtian S.
Zhang
,
Hung-ju
Tien
,
Nana
Shumiya
,
Guangming
Cheng
,
Kun
Jiang
,
Biao
Lian
,
Zhida
Song
,
Guoqing
Chang
,
Ilya
Belopolski
,
Daniel
Multer
,
Maksim
Litskevich
,
Zi-jia
Cheng
,
Xian P.
Yang
,
Bianca
Swidler
,
Huibin
Zhou
,
Hsin
Lin
,
Titus
Neupert
,
Ziqiang
Wang
,
Nan
Yao
,
Tay-rong
Chang
,
Shuang
Jia
,
M.
Zahid Hasan
Diamond Proposal Number(s):
[22332]
Abstract: The quantum-level interplay between geometry, topology and correlation is at the forefront of fundamental physics. Kagome magnets are predicted to support intrinsic Chern quantum phases owing to their unusual lattice geometry and breaking of time-reversal symmetry. However, quantum materials hosting ideal spin–orbit-coupled kagome lattices with strong out-of-plane magnetization are lacking. Here, using scanning tunnelling microscopy, we identify a new topological kagome magnet, TbMn6Sn6, that is close to satisfying these criteria. We visualize its effectively defect-free, purely manganese-based ferromagnetic kagome lattice with atomic resolution. Remarkably, its electronic state shows distinct Landau quantization on application of a magnetic field, and the quantized Landau fan structure features spin-polarized Dirac dispersion with a large Chern gap. We further demonstrate the bulk–boundary correspondence between the Chern gap and the topological edge state, as well as the Berry curvature field correspondence of Chern gapped Dirac fermions. Our results point to the realization of a quantum-limit Chern phase in TbMn6Sn6, and may enable the observation of topological quantum phenomena in the RMn6Sn6 (where R is a rare earth element) family with a variety of magnetic structures. Our visualization of the magnetic bulk–boundary–Berry correspondence covering real space and momentum space demonstrates a proof-of-principle method for revealing topological magnets.
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Jul 2020
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I05-ARPES
I06-Nanoscience
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Sung Won
Jung
,
Sangyeon
Pak
,
Sanghyo
Lee
,
Sonka
Reimers
,
Saumya
Mukherjee
,
Pavel
Dudin
,
Timur K.
Kim
,
Mattia
Cattelan
,
Neil
Fox
,
Sarnjeet S.
Dhesi
,
Cephise
Cacho
,
Seungnam
Cha
Diamond Proposal Number(s):
[24367, 22901]
Abstract: The recent rise of van der Waals (vdW) crystals has opened new prospects for studying versatile and exotic fundamental physics with future device applications such as twistronics. Even though the recent development on Angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) with Nano-focusing optics, making clean surfaces and interfaces of chemically transferred crystals have been challenging to obtain high-resolution ARPES spectra. Here, we show that by employing nano-ARPES with submicron sized beam and polystyrene-assisted transfer followed by annealing process in ultra-high vacuum environment, remarkably clear ARPES spectral features such as spin-orbit splitting and band renormalization of CVD-grown, monolayered MoS2 can be measured. Our finding paves a way to exploit chemically transferred crystals for measuring high-resolution ARPES spectra to observe exotic quasi-particles in vdW heterostructures.
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Jul 2020
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