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Title: Surface Charge Induced Dirac Band Splitting in a Charge Density Wave Material (TaSe4)2I
(Submitted on 4 Dec 2020 (v1), last revised 13 Dec 2020 (this version, v2))
Abstract: (TaSe4)2I, a quasi-one-dimensional (1D) crystal, shows a characteristic temperature-driven metal-insulator phase transition. Above the charge density wave (CDW) temperature Tc, (TaSe4)2I has been predicted to harbor a Weyl semimetal phase. Below Tc, it becomes an axion insulator. Here, we performed angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) measurements on the (110) surface of (TaSe4)2I and observed two sets of Dirac-like energy bands in the first Brillion zone, which agree well with our first-principles calculations. Moreover, we found that each Dirac band exhibits an energy splitting of hundreds of meV under certain circumstances. In combination with core level measurements, our theoretical analysis showed that this Dirac band splitting is a result of surface charge polarization due to the loss of surface iodine atoms. Our findings here shed new light on the interplay between band topology and CDW order in Peierls compounds and will motivate more studies on topological properties of strongly correlated quasi-1D materials.
Submission history
From: Cui-Zu Chang [view email][v1] Fri, 4 Dec 2020 04:57:46 GMT (1172kb)
[v2] Sun, 13 Dec 2020 21:16:13 GMT (1023kb)
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