Experimental Evidence of the Topological Surface States in Mg3Bi2 Films Grown by Molecular Beam Epitaxy

Abstract

Type-II nodal line semimetal (NLS) is a new quantum state hosting one-dimensional closed loops formed by the crossing of two bands which have the same sign in their slopes along the radial direction of the loop. According to the theoretical prediction, Mg3Bi2 is an ideal candidate for studying the type-II NLS by tuning its spin-orbit coupling (SOC). In this paper, high quality Mg3Bi2 films are grown by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE). By in-situ angle resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES), a pair of surface resonance bands (SRBs) around Gamma point is clearly seen. It shows that Mg3Bi2 films grown by MBE is Mg(1)-terminated by comparing the ARPES data with the first principles calculations results. And, the temperature dependent weak anti-localization (WAL) effect in Mg3Bi2 films is observed under low magnetic field, which shows a clear two dimensional (2D) e-e scattering characteristics by fitting with the Hikami-Larkin-Nagaoka (HLN) model. Combining with ARPES, magneto-transport measurements and the first principles calculations, this work proves that Mg3Bi2 is a semimetal with topological surface states TSSs, which paves the way for Mg3Bi2 as an ideal materials platform for studying the exotic features of type-II nodal line semimetals (NLSs) and the topological phase transition by tuning its SOC.

arXiv comment22 pages, 6 figures

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