Evidence of topological edge states in a superconducting nonsymmorphic nodal-line semimetal

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العنوان: Evidence of topological edge states in a superconducting nonsymmorphic nodal-line semimetal
المؤلفون: Xu, L. X., Xia, Y. Y. Y., Liu, S., Li, Y. W., Wei, L. Y., Wang, H. Y., Wang, C. W., Yang, H. F., Liang, A. J., Huang, K., Deng, T., Xia, W., Zhang, X., Zheng, H. J., Chen, Y. J., Yang, L. X., Wang, M. X., Guo, Y. F., Li, G., Liu, Z. K., Chen, Y. L.
سنة النشر: 2021
المجموعة: Condensed Matter
مصطلحات موضوعية: Condensed Matter - Materials Science
الوصف: Topological materials host fascinating low dimensional gapless states at the boundary. As a prominent example, helical topological edge states (TESs) of two-dimensional topological insulators (2DTIs) and their stacked three-dimensional (3D) equivalent, weak topological insulators (WTIs), have sparked research enthusiasm due to their potential application in the next generation of electronics/spintronics with low dissipation. Here, we propose layered superconducting material CaSn as a WTI with nontrivial Z2 as well as nodal line semimetal protected by crystalline non-symmorphic symmetry. Our systematic angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) investigation on the electronic structure exhibits excellent agreement with the calculation. Furthermore, scanning tunnelling microscopy/spectroscopy (STM/STS) at the surface step edge shows signatures of the expected TES. These integrated evidences from ARPES, STM/STS measurement and corresponding ab initio calculation strongly support the existence of TES in the non-symmorphic nodal line semimetal CaSn, which may become a versatile material platform to realize multiple exotic electronic states as well as topological superconductivity.
نوع الوثيقة: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.103.L201109
URL الوصول: http://arxiv.org/abs/2105.03285
رقم الأكسشن: edsarx.2105.03285
قاعدة البيانات: arXiv
الوصف
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.103.L201109