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Unusual Magnetotransport from two dimensional Dirac Fermions in Pd$_{3}$Bi$_{2}$Se$_{2}$

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2022-09-14 v1 Materials Science Superconductivity

Abstract

Pd3_{3}Bi2_{2}Se2_{2} has been proposed to be topologically non-trivial in nature. However, evidence of its non-trivial behavior is still unexplored. We report the growth and magneto-transport study of Pd3_{3}Bi2_{2}Se2_{2} thin films, revealing for the first time the contribution of two-dimensional (2D) topological surface states. We observe exceptional non-saturated linear magnetoresistance which results from Dirac fermions inhabiting the lowest Landau level in the quantum limit. The transverse magnetoresistance changes from a semi-classical weak-field B2B^{2} dependence to a high-field BB dependence at a critical field BB^{\star}. It is found that BT2B^{\star} \propto T^2, which is expected from the Landau level splitting of a linear energy dispersion. In addition, the magnetoconductivity shows signatures of 2D weak anti-localization (WAL). These novel magnetotransport signatures evince the presence of 2D Dirac fermions in Pd3_{3}Bi2_{2}Se2_{2} thin films.

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@article{arxiv.2204.04402,
  title  = {Unusual Magnetotransport from two dimensional Dirac Fermions in Pd$_{3}$Bi$_{2}$Se$_{2}$},
  author = {Shama and Dinesh Kumar and Goutam Sheet and Yogesh Singh},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2204.04402},
  year   = {2022}
}

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8 pages, 6 figures