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Dec 17, 2019

Pressure-induced topological phase transition in noncentrosymmetric elemental tellurium

PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
  • Ideue Toshiya
  • ,
  • Hirayama Motoaki
  • ,
  • Taiko Hiroaki
  • ,
  • Takahashi Takanari
  • ,
  • Murase Masayuki
  • ,
  • Miyake Takashi
  • ,
  • Murakami Shuichi
  • ,
  • Sasagawa Takao
  • ,
  • Iwasa Yoshihiro

Volume
116
Number
51
First page
25530
Last page
25534
Language
English
Publishing type
Research paper (scientific journal)
DOI
10.1073/pnas.1905524116
Publisher
NATL ACAD SCIENCES

Recent progress in understanding the electronic band topology and emergent topological properties encourage us to reconsider the band structure of well-known materials including elemental substances. Controlling such a band topology by external field is of particular interest from both fundamental and technological viewpoints. Here we report possible signatures of the pressure-induced topological phase transition from a semiconductor to a Weyl semimetal in elemental tellurium probed by transport measurements. Pressure variation of the periods of Shubnikov-de Haas oscillations, as well as oscillation phases, shows an anomaly around the pressure theoretically predicted for topological phase transition. This behavior is consistent with the pressure-induced band deformation and resultant band-crossing effect. Moreover, effective cyclotron mass is reduced toward the critical pressure, potentially reflecting the emergence of massless linear dispersion. The present result paves the way for studying the electronic band topology in well-known compounds and topological phase transition by the external field.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1905524116
Web of Science
https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000503281500033&DestApp=WOS_CPL
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  • DOI : 10.1073/pnas.1905524116
  • ISSN : 0027-8424
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000503281500033

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