Ultraquantum magnetoresistance in the Kramers-Weyl semimetal candidate β-Ag2Se
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Journal Article
Abstract
The topological semimetal β-Ag2Se features a Kramers-Weyl node at the origin in momentum space and a quadruplet of spinless Weyl nodes, which are annihilated by spin-orbit coupling. We show that single-crystalline β-Ag2Se manifests giant Shubnikov-de Haas oscillations in the longitudinal magnetoresistance, which stem from a small electron pocket that can be driven beyond the quantum limit by a field less than 9 T. This small electron pocket is a remainder of the spin-orbit annihilated Weyl nodes and thus encloses a Berry-phase structure. Moreover, we observed a negative longitudinal magnetoresistance when the magnetic field is beyond the quantum limit. Our experimental findings are complemented by thorough theoretical band-structure analyses of this Kramers-Weyl semimetal candidate, including first-principles calculations and an effective k·p model.
Date Issued
2017-10-26
Date Acceptance
2017-10-26
Citation
Physical Review B, 2017, 96 (16), pp.1-10
ISSN
2469-9950
Publisher
APS
Start Page
1
End Page
10
Journal / Book Title
Physical Review B
Volume
96
Issue
16
Copyright Statement
©2017 American Physical Society
Identifier
https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.96.165148
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2017-10-26