Dirac state switching in transition metal diarsenides
arXiv:1908.00154 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevResearch.3.023170
Abstract
Topological Dirac and Weyl semimetals, which support low-energy quasiparticles in condensed matter physics, are currently attracting intense interest due to exotic physical properties such as large magnetoresistance and high carrier mobilities. Transition metal diarsenides such as MoAs2 and WAs2 have been reported to harbor very high magnetoresistance suggesting the possible existence of a topological quantum state, although this conclusion remains dubious. Here, based on systematic angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) measurements and parallel first-principles calculations, we investigate the electronic properties of TAs2 (T = Mo, W). Importantly, clear evidence for switching the single-Dirac cone surface state in MoAs2 with the cleaving plane is observed, whereas a Dirac state is not observed in WAs2 despite its high magnetoresistance. Our study thus reveals the key role of the terminated plane in a low-symmetry system, and provides a new perspective on how termination can drive dramatic changes in electronic structures.
8 pages, 4 figures
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