Pd3Bi2Se2 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 Pd3Bi2Se2 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 B2 dependence to a high-field B dependence at a critical field B⋆. It is found that B⋆∝T2, 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 Pd3Bi2Se2 thin films.
@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}
}