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NbAs2和TaAs2的电阻率平台和极大磁电阻

Resistivity plateau and extremely large magnetoresistance in NbAs2 and TaAs2

Yi-Yan Wang, Qiao-He Yu, Tian-Long Xia

摘要:

在拓扑绝缘体(TI)中,金属表面电导使绝缘体电阻随着温度的降低而饱和,导致低温下的电阻率平台,其作为源自受时间反转对称性(TRS)保护的金属表面模式的输运特征。在Bi_2Te_2Se、SmB_6等材料中已经发现了这种特性。最近,在金属化合物LaSb中也观察到了类似的行为,并伴随着极大的磁电阻(XMR)。低温下的Shubnikov-de Hass(SdH)振荡进一步证实了磁场作用下平台区的金属行为。LaSb[1]被认为是一种可能的拓扑半金属,但目前还不存在负磁阻效应。本文生长了具有反转对称性的高质量NbAs_2/TaAs_2单晶,并系统地研究了其在磁场下的电阻率。它们在零磁场下都表现出金属行为,当施加非零磁场时发生金属-绝缘体转变,导致XMR(NbAs 2为1.0*105%,TaAs 2为7.3*105%,2.5 K和14 T)。随着温度的降低,NbAs 2和TaAs 2的电阻率在类绝缘体区后出现一个平台,并观察到SdH振荡。

英文摘要:

In topological insulators (TIs), metallic surface conductance saturates the insulating bulk resistance with de- creasing temperature, resulting in resistivity plateau at low temperatures as a transport signature originating from metallic surface modes protected by time reversal symmetry (TRS). Such characteristic has been found in several materials including Bi2Te2Se, SmB6 etc. Recently, similar behavior has been observed in metallic com- pound LaSb, accompanying an extremely large magetoresistance (XMR). Shubnikov-de Hass (SdH) oscillation at low temperatures further confirms the metallic behavior of plateau region under magnetic fields. LaSb[1] has been proposed by the authors as a possible topological semimetal (TSM), while negative magnetoresistance is absent at this moment. Here, high quality single crystals of NbAs2/TaAs2 with inversion symmetry have been grown and the resistivity under magnetic field is systematically investigated. Both of them exhibit metallic behavior under zero magnetic field, and a metal-to-insulator transition occurs when a nonzero magnetic field is applied, resulting in XMR (1.0*105% for NbAs2 and 7.3*105% for TaAs2 at 2.5 K & 14 T). With tempera- ture decreased, a resistivity plateau emerges after the insulator-like regime and SdH oscillation has also been observed in NbAs2 and TaAs2.

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