Topological crystalline semimetals in non-symmorphic lattices

Abstract

Numerous efforts have been devoted to reveal exotic semimetallic phases with topologically non-trivial bulk and/or surface states in materials with strong spin-orbit coupling. In particular, semimetals with nodal line Fermi surface (FS) exhibit novel properties, and searching for candidate materials becomes an interesting research direction. Here we provide a generic condition for a four-fold degenerate nodal line FS in non-symmorphic crystals with inversion and time-reversal symmetry (TRS). When there are two glide planes or screw axes perpendicular to each other, a pair of Bloch bands related by non-symmorphic symmetry become degenerate on a Brillouin Zone (BZ) boundary. There are two pairs of such bands, and they disperse in a way that the partners of two pairs are exchanged on other BZ boundaries. This enforces a nodal line FS on a BZ boundary plane protected by non-symmorphic symmetries. When TRS is broken, four-fold degenerate Dirac points or Weyl ring FS could occur depending on a direction of the magnetic field. On a certain surface double helical surface states exist, which become double Ferm arcs as TRS is broken.

6 pages, 4 figures

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