A general route to form topologically-protected surface and bulk Dirac fermions along high-symmetry lines

DOI: 10.1088/2516-1075/ab09b7

Authors: O. J. Clark (University of St Andrews) , F. Mazzola (University of St. Andrews) , I. Markovic (University of St. Andrews; Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids) , J. M. Riley (University of St Andrews; Diamond Light Source) , J. Feng (University of St. Andrews; Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech. and Nanobionics (SINANO)) , B.-J. Yang (Seoul National University; Institute for Basic Science (IBS); Seoul National University) , K. Sumida (Hiroshima University) , T. Okuda (Hiroshima University) , J. Fujii (Laboratorio TASC, Istituto Officina dei Materiali (IOM)-CNR) , I. Vobornik (Laboratorio TASC, Istituto Officina dei Materiali (IOM)-CNR) , T. K. Kim (Diamond Light Source) , K. Okawa (Tokyo Institute of Technology) , T. Sasagawa (Tokyo Institute of Technology) , M. S. Bahramy (The University of Tokyo; RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS)) , P. D. C. King (University of St Andrews)
Co-authored by industrial partner: No

Type: Journal Paper
Journal: Electronic Structure , VOL 1

State: Published (Approved)
Published: March 2019
Diamond Proposal Number(s): 14927 , 16262

Abstract: The band inversions that generate the topologically non-trivial band gaps of topological insulators and the isolated Dirac touching points of three-dimensional Dirac semimetals generally arise from the crossings of electronic states derived from different orbital manifolds. Recently, the concept of single orbital-manifold band inversions occurring along high-symmetry lines has been demonstrated, stabilising multiple bulk and surface Dirac fermions. Here, we discuss the underlying ingredients necessary to achieve such phases, and discuss their existence within the family of transition metal dichalcogenides. We show how their three-dimensional band structures naturally produce only small k z projected band gaps, and demonstrate how these play a significant role in shaping the surface electronic structure of these materials. We demonstrate, through spin- and angle-resolved photoemission and density functional theory calculations, how the surface electronic structures of the group-X TMDs PtSe2 and PdTe2 are host to up to five distinct surface states, each with complex band dispersions and spin textures. Finally, we discuss how the origin of several recently-realised instances of topological phenomena in systems outside of the TMDs, including the iron-based superconductors, can be understood as a consequence of the same underlying mechanism driving k z -mediated band inversions in the TMDs.

Subject Areas: Physics, Materials


Instruments: I05-ARPES

Other Facilities: HiSOR; Elettra

Added On: 22/03/2019 16:07

Discipline Tags:

Superconductors Quantum Materials Physics Hard condensed matter - structures Materials Science

Technical Tags:

Spectroscopy Angle Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy (ARPES)