Spectroscopic evidence of topological phase transition in the three-dimensional Dirac semimetal Cd3(As1-xPx)2

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Contributors

  • S. Thirupathaiah - , Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, S N Bose National Centre for Basic Science (Author)
  • I. Morozov - , Chair of Ultra-Precision Surface Machining Using Ions and Plasmas (with IOM Leipzig), Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden, RAS - P.N. Lebedev Physics Institute (Author)
  • Y. Kushnirenko - , Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden (Author)
  • A. V. Fedorov - , Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden (Author)
  • E. Haubold - , Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden (Author)
  • T. K. Kim - , Diamond Light Source (Author)
  • G. Shipunov - , Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden, Lomonosov Moscow State University (Author)
  • A. Maksutova - , Lomonosov Moscow State University (Author)
  • O. Kataeva - , Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden, Russian Academy of Sciences (Author)
  • S. Aswartham - , Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden (Author)
  • B. Büchner - , Chair of Experimental Solid State Physics, Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden (Author)
  • S. V. Borisenko - , Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden (Author)

Abstract

We study the low-energy electronic structure of three-dimensional Dirac semimetal, Cd3(As1-xPx)2 [x=0 and 0.34(3)], by employing angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES). We observe that the bulk Dirac states in Cd3(As0.66P0.34)2 are gapped out with an energy of 0.23 eV, contrary to the parent Cd3As2 in which the gapless Dirac states have been observed. Thus, our results confirm the earlier predicted topological phase transition in Cd3As2 with perturbation. We further notice that the critical P substitution concentration, at which the two Dirac points that are spread along the c-axis in Cd3As2 form a single Dirac point at Γ, is much lower [xc(P)<0.34(3)] than the predicted value of xc(P)=0.9. Therefore, our results suggest that the nontrivial band topology of Cd3As2 is remarkably sensitive to the P substitution and can only survive over a narrow substitution range, i.e., 0≤x(P)<0.34(3).

Details

Original languageEnglish
Article number085145
JournalPhysical Review B
Volume98
Issue number8
Publication statusPublished - 28 Aug 2018
Peer-reviewedYes