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SnTe材料类中的拓扑半金属:节线和外尔点

Topological semimetals in the SnTe material class: Nodal lines and Weyl points

Alexander Lau, Carmine Ortix

摘要:

我们从理论上表明,具有低温菱面体晶体结构的IV-VI族半导体化合物代表了拓扑半金属的一个新的潜在平台。通过最小$\mathbf{k}\cdot\mathbf{p}$模型,我们发现高温岩盐晶体结构的两步结构对称性约化,包括沿[111]方向的菱面体畸变和随后的阳离子和阴离子亚晶格的相对移动,产生拓扑保护的Weyl半金属和节线半金属相。我们推导出一般表达式的节点功能和应用我们的结果SnTe明确显示如何外尔点和节点线出现在这个系统中。在实验上,拓扑半金属有可能在低温铁电相的SnTe,GeTe和相关合金中实现。

英文摘要:

We theoretically show that IV-VI semiconducting compounds with low-temperature rhombohedral crystal structure represent a new potential platform for topological semimetals. By means of minimal $\mathbf{k}\cdot\mathbf{p}$ models we find that the two-step structural symmetry reduction of the high-temperature rocksalt crystal structure, comprising a rhombohedral distortion along the [111] direction followed by a relative shift of the cation and anion sublattices, gives rise to topologically protected Weyl semimetal and nodal line semimetal phases. We derive general expressions for the nodal features and apply our results to SnTe showing explicitly how Weyl points and nodal lines emerge in this system. Experimentally, the topological semimetals could potentially be realized in the low-temperature ferroelectric phase of SnTe, GeTe and related alloys.

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