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Ⅱ型Weyl半金属MoTe2的反转对称破缺和结构相变的Raman特征

Raman signatures of inversion symmetry breaking and structural phase transition in type-II Weyl semimetal MoTe2

Kenan Zhang, Changhua Bao, Qiangqiang Gu, Xiao Ren, Haoxiong Zhang, Ke Deng, Yang Wu, Yuan Li, Ji Feng, Shuyun Zhou

摘要:

过渡金属二硫属化物MoTe $_2$是实现新预言的II-Weyl型费米子的重要候选体,而反转对称性破缺是实现II-Weyl型费米子的前提条件。本文通过系统的拉曼实验和第一性原理计算,给出了MoTe $_2$低温相反转对称性破缺的直接光谱证据。我们确定了五个晶格振动模式,这些模式在低温下仅在非中心对称结构中具有拉曼活性。在反转对称激活的拉曼模式的峰值强度中也观察到滞后,证实了温度诱导的结构相变伴随着反转对称性的变化。我们的研究结果提供了明确的证据,低温非中心对称的T $_d$相的振动光谱,并建议MoTe $_2$作为一个理想的候选人调查温度诱导的拓扑相变。

英文摘要:

Transition metal dichalcogenide MoTe$_2$ is an important candidate for realizing the newly predicted type-IIWeyl fermions, for which the breaking of the inversion symmetry is a prerequisite. Here we present direct spectroscopic evidence for the inversion symmetry breaking in the low temperature phase of MoTe$_2$ by systematic Raman experiments and first principles calculations. We identify five lattice vibrational modes which are Raman active only in noncentrosymmetric structure at low temperature. A hysteresis is also observed in the peak intensity of inversion symmetry activated Raman modes, confirming a temperature induced structural phase transition with a concomitant change in the inversion symmetry. Our results provide definitive evidence for the low temperature noncentrosymmetric T$_d$ phase from vibrational spectroscopy, and suggest MoTe$_2$ as an ideal candidate for investigating the temperature induced topological phase transition.

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