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Fermiology of Chiral Cadmium Diarsenide CdAs(2), a Candidate for Hosting Kramers–Weyl Fermions

[Image: see text] Nonmagnetic chiral crystals are a new class of systems hosting Kramers–Weyl Fermions, arising from the combination of structural chirality, spin–orbit coupling (SOC), and time-reversal symmetry. These materials exhibit nontrivial Fermi surfaces with SOC-induced Chern gaps over a wi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Mazzola, Federico, Zhang, Yanxue, Olszowska, Natalia, Rosmus, Marcin, D’Olimpio, Gianluca, Istrate, Marian Cosmin, Politano, Grazia Giuseppina, Vobornik, Ivana, Sankar, Raman, Ghica, Corneliu, Gao, Junfeng, Politano, Antonio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Chemical Society 2023
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10084463/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36952263
http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c00005
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Sumario:[Image: see text] Nonmagnetic chiral crystals are a new class of systems hosting Kramers–Weyl Fermions, arising from the combination of structural chirality, spin–orbit coupling (SOC), and time-reversal symmetry. These materials exhibit nontrivial Fermi surfaces with SOC-induced Chern gaps over a wide energy range, leading to exotic transport and optical properties. In this study, we investigate the electronic structure and transport properties of CdAs(2), a newly reported chiral material. We use synchrotron-based angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy (ARPES) and density functional theory (DFT) to determine the Fermiology of the (110)-terminated CdAs(2) crystal. Our results, together with complementary magnetotransport measurements, suggest that CdAs(2) is a promising candidate for novel topological properties protected by the structural chirality of the system. Our work sheds light on the details of the Fermi surface and topology for this chiral quantum material, providing useful information for engineering novel spintronic and optical devices based on quantized chiral charges, negative longitudinal magnetoresistance, and nontrivial Chern numbers.