Nature Communications (Jan 2017)

Multiple Dirac cones at the surface of the topological metal LaBi

  • Jayita Nayak,
  • Shu-Chun Wu,
  • Nitesh Kumar,
  • Chandra Shekhar,
  • Sanjay Singh,
  • Jörg Fink,
  • Emile E. D. Rienks,
  • Gerhard H. Fecher,
  • Stuart S. P. Parkin,
  • Binghai Yan,
  • Claudia Felser

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13942
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 5

Abstract

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The magnetoresistance suggests an exotic topological phase in LaBi, but the evidence is still missing. Here, Nayaket al. report the existence of surface states of LaBi through the observation of three Dirac cones, confirming it a topological semimetal.