Engineering a pure Dirac regime in ZrTe$_5$

Facio, Jorge I.; Nocerino, Elisabetta; Fulga, Ion Cosma; Wawrzynczak, Rafal; Brown, Joanna; Gu, Genda; Li, Qiang; Mansson, Martin; Sassa, Yasmine; Ivashko, Oleh; von Zimmermann, Martin; Mende, Felix; Gooth, Johannes; Galeski, Stanislaw; van den Brink, Jeroen; Meng, Tobias

doi:10.21468/SciPostPhys.14.4.066

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Engineering a pure Dirac regime in ZrTe$_5$

Jorge I. Facio, Elisabetta Nocerino, Ion Cosma Fulga, Rafal Wawrzynczak, Joanna Brown, Genda Gu, Qiang Li, Martin Mansson, Yasmine Sassa, Oleh Ivashko, Martin v. Zimmermann, Felix Mende, Johannes Gooth, Stanislaw Galeski, Jeroen van den Brink, Tobias Meng

SciPost Phys. 14, 066 (2023) · published 11 April 2023

doi: 10.21468/SciPostPhys.14.4.066
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Abstract

Real-world topological semimetals typically exhibit Dirac and Weyl nodes that coexist with trivial Fermi pockets. This tends to mask the physics of the relativistic quasiparticles. Using the example of ZrTe$_5$, we show that strain provides a powerful tool for in-situ tuning of the band structure such that all trivial pockets are pushed far away from the Fermi energy, but only for a certain range of Van der Waals gaps. Our results naturally reconcile contradicting reports on the presence or absence of additional pockets in ZrTe$_5$, and provide a clear map of where to find a pure three-dimensional Dirac semimetallic phase in the structural parameter space of the material.

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AU  - Wawrzynczak, Rafal
AU  - Brown, Joanna
AU  - Gu, Genda
AU  - Li, Qiang
AU  - Mansson, Martin
AU  - Sassa, Yasmine
AU  - Ivashko, Oleh
AU  - von Zimmermann, Martin
AU  - Mende, Felix
AU  - Gooth, Johannes
AU  - Galeski, Stanislaw
AU  - van den Brink, Jeroen
AU  - Meng, Tobias
AB  - Real-world topological semimetals typically exhibit Dirac and Weyl nodes that coexist with trivial Fermi pockets. This tends to mask the physics of the relativistic quasiparticles. Using the example of ZrTe$_5$, we show that strain provides a powerful tool for in-situ tuning of the band structure such that all trivial pockets are pushed far away from the Fermi energy, but only for a certain range of Van der Waals gaps. Our results naturally reconcile contradicting reports on the presence or absence of additional pockets in ZrTe$_5$, and provide a clear map of where to find a pure three-dimensional Dirac semimetallic phase in the structural parameter space of the material.
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¹ ² ³ ⁴ Jorge I. Facio,
⁵ Elisabetta Nocerino,
² Ion Cosma Fulga,
⁶ Rafal Wawrzynczak,
⁶ Joanna Brown,
⁷ Genda Gu,
⁷ ⁸ Qiang Li,
⁵ Martin Mansson,
⁹ Yasmine Sassa,
¹⁰ Oleh Ivashko,
¹⁰ Martin von Zimmermann,
¹¹ Felix Mende,
⁶ ¹² Johannes Gooth,
⁶ ¹² Stanislaw Galeski,
² ¹¹ Jeroen van den Brink,
¹¹ Tobias Meng

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