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Chiral Unitary Quantum Phase Transition in 2H-Fe$_x$TaSe$_2$

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2016-03-15 v1 Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

We have observed a metal-insulator transition of a quasi-two dimensional electronic system in transition metal dichalcogenide 2H2H-TaSe2_2 caused by doping iron. The sheet resistance of 2H2H-Fex_xTaSe2_2 (0x0.1200 \leq x \leq 0.120) single crystals rises about 10610^6 times with the increasing of xx at the lowest temperature. We investigated the temperature dependence of the resistance and found a metal-insulator transition with a critical sheet resistance 11.7±5.411.7 \pm 5.4 kΩ\rm{\Omega}. The critical exponent of the localization length ν\nu is estimated 0.31±0.180.31 \pm 0.18. The values of the critical sheet resistance and ν\nu are accordant to those of the \textit{chiral unitary class} (less than h/1.49e2=17.3h/1.49e^2=17.3 kΩ\rm{\Omega} and 0.35±0.030.35 \pm 0.03, respectively). We suggest that 2H2H-Fex_xTaSe2_2 is classified as the chiral unitary class, not as standard unitary class.

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@article{arxiv.1603.04175,
  title  = {Chiral Unitary Quantum Phase Transition in 2H-Fe$_x$TaSe$_2$},
  author = {Takuya Kanno and Takuya Matsumoto and Koichi Ichimura and Toru Matsuura and Satoshi Tanda},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1603.04175},
  year   = {2016}
}

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10 pages, 4 figures