Dirac nodal lines in the quasi-one-dimensional ternary telluride TaPtTe${}_5$

Abstract

A Dirac nodal-line phase, as a quantum state of topological materials, usually occur in three-dimensional or at least two-dimensional materials with sufficient symmetry operations that could protect the Dirac band crossings. Here, we report a combined theoretical and experimental study on the electronic structure of the quasi-one-dimensional ternary telluride TaPtTe${}_5$, which is corroborated as being in a robust nodal-line phase with fourfold degeneracy. Our angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy measurements show that two pairs of linearly dispersive Dirac-like bands exist in a very large energy window, which extend from a binding energy of $\sim$ 0.75 eV to across the Fermi level. The crossing points are at the boundary of Brillouin zone and form Dirac-like nodal lines. Using first-principles calculations, we demonstrate the existing of nodal surfaces on the $k_y=\pm \pi$ plane in the absence of spin-orbit coupling (SOC), which are protected by nonsymmorphic symmetry in TaPtTe${}_5$. When SOC is included, the nodal surfaces are broken into several nodal lines. By theoretical analysis, we conclude that the nodal lines along $Y$-$T$ and the ones connecting the $R$ points are non-trivial and protected by nonsymmorphic symmetry against SOC.

17 pages, 5 figures, accepted for publication as a Regular Article in Physical Review B

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