Infrared spectroscopic studies of the topological properties in CaMnSb2

Abstract

We present temperature-dependent infrared spectroscopic studies of CaMnSb2, a proposed threedimensional topological material. The low plasma edge in the reflectivity spectrum and small Drude component in the optical conductivity indicate a very low carrier density. The low-frequency optical conductivity is well described by the superposition of a narrow and a broad Drude terms. Several linear components have been observed in the low-temperature optical conductivity, but none of them extrapolates to the origin, at odds with the optical response expected for three-dimensional Dirac fermions. A series of absorption peaks have been resolved in the high-frequency optical conductivity. The energy of these peaks agrees well with the interband transitions expected for the band structures from first-principles calculations. Intriguingly, the lowest band gap increases with decreasing temperature, mimic the temperature evolution of inverted bands. Furthermore, our theoretical calculations demonstrate the existence of weak coupling between two Sb-chains layers results in the topological trivial surface states in CaMnSb2.

arXiv comment7 pages,4 figures, Physical Review B 2018

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