Coexistence of the hourglass and nodal-line dispersions in Nb3SiTe6 revealed by ARPES

Zhanfeng Liu; Tongrui Li; Bo Zhang; Mukhtar Lawan Adam; Wen Zhu; Yuliang Li; Sheng Wang; Yunbo Wu; Hongen Zhu; Dengfeng Cao; Qilong Cui; Shengtao Cui; Yi Liu; Shuangming Chen; Zhe Sun; Li Song

iScience (Mar 2022)

Coexistence of the hourglass and nodal-line dispersions in Nb3SiTe6 revealed by ARPES

Zhanfeng Liu,
Tongrui Li,
Bo Zhang,
Mukhtar Lawan Adam,
Wen Zhu,
Yuliang Li,
Sheng Wang,
Yunbo Wu,
Hongen Zhu,
Dengfeng Cao,
Qilong Cui,
Shengtao Cui,
Yi Liu,
Shuangming Chen,
Zhe Sun,
Li Song

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Zhanfeng Liu: National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230029, China
Tongrui Li: National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230029, China
Bo Zhang: National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230029, China
Mukhtar Lawan Adam: National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230029, China
Wen Zhu: National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230029, China
Yuliang Li: National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230029, China
Sheng Wang: National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230029, China
Yunbo Wu: National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230029, China
Hongen Zhu: National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230029, China
Dengfeng Cao: National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230029, China
Qilong Cui: National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230029, China
Shengtao Cui: National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230029, China
Yi Liu: National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230029, China
Shuangming Chen: National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230029, China
Zhe Sun: National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230029, China; CAS Key Laboratory of Strongly-coupled Quantum Matter Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China; Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing 210093, China; Corresponding author
Li Song: National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230029, China; State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China; Corresponding author

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 25, no. 3
p. 103952

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Summary: The non-symmorphic crystal symmetry protection in the layered topological semimetal Nb3SiTe6 can generate exotic band crossings. Herein, high-quality Nb3SiTe6 single crystal was synthesized via chemical vapor transport. The lattice structure of Nb3SiTe6 was characterized by scanning transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, core-level photoemission, and Raman spectroscopies. Angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy was used to reveal its topological properties by presenting band structures along different high-symmetry directions. Our data show that nontrivial band features coexist in Nb3SiTe6, including an hourglass-type dispersion formed by two bands along the S-R high-symmetry line, two node lines along the S-X path and the S-R-U path, respectively. These results provide a context for the understanding and exploration of the exotic topological properties of Nb3SiTe6.

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