The Fermi surface properties of a nontrivial system YSi is investigated by de Haas-van Alphen (dHvA) oscillation measurements combined with the first-principle calculations. Three main frequencies (α, β, γ) are probed up to 14~T magnetic field in dHvA oscillations. The α-branch corresponding to 21~T frequency possesses non-trivial topological character with π Berry phase and a linear dispersion along Γ to Z direction with a small effective mass of 0.069me with second-lowest Landau-level up to 14~T. For B∥~[010] direction, the 295~T frequency exhibits non-trivial 2D character with 1.24π Berry phase and a high Fermi velocity of 6.7×105~ms−1. The band structure calculations reveal multiple nodal crossings in the vicinity of Fermi energy Ef without spin-orbit coupling (SOC). Inclusion of SOC opens a small gap in the nodal crossings and results in nonsymmorphic symmetry enforced Dirac points at some high symmetry points, suggesting YSi to be a symmetry enforced topological metal.
@article{arxiv.2102.04113,
title = {Fermi surface studies of a non-trivial topological compound YSi},
author = {Vikas Saini and Souvik Sasmal and Ruta Kulkarni and Bahadur Singh and A. Thamizhavel},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2102.04113},
year = {2021}
}