Nature Communications (Jul 2021)

Spin-valley locking and bulk quantum Hall effect in a noncentrosymmetric Dirac semimetal BaMnSb2

  • J. Y. Liu,
  • J. Yu,
  • J. L. Ning,
  • H. M. Yi,
  • L. Miao,
  • L. J. Min,
  • Y. F. Zhao,
  • W. Ning,
  • K. A. Lopez,
  • Y. L. Zhu,
  • T. Pillsbury,
  • Y. B. Zhang,
  • Y. Wang,
  • J. Hu,
  • H. B. Cao,
  • B. C. Chakoumakos,
  • F. Balakirev,
  • F. Weickert,
  • M. Jaime,
  • Y. Lai,
  • Kun Yang,
  • J. W. Sun,
  • N. Alem,
  • V. Gopalan,
  • C. Z. Chang,
  • N. Samarth,
  • C. X. Liu,
  • R. D. McDonald,
  • Z. Q. Mao

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24369-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Valley dependent spin polarization called spin-valley locking appears in absence of magnetism but it is limited to rare examples of transition metal dichalcogenides. Here, the authors report evidence of spin-valley locking and stacked quantum Hall effect in a bulk Dirac semimetal BaMnSb2.