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Magneto-Optical Signature of Massless Kane Electrons in Cd_{3}As_{2}.

Authors :
Akrap A
Hakl M
Tchoumakov S
Crassee I
Kuba J
Goerbig MO
Homes CC
Caha O
Novák J
Teppe F
Desrat W
Koohpayeh S
Wu L
Armitage NP
Nateprov A
Arushanov E
Gibson QD
Cava RJ
van der Marel D
Piot BA
Faugeras C
Martinez G
Potemski M
Orlita M
Source :
Physical review letters [Phys Rev Lett] 2016 Sep 23; Vol. 117 (13), pp. 136401. Date of Electronic Publication: 2016 Sep 21.
Publication Year :
2016

Abstract

We report on optical reflectivity experiments performed on Cd_{3}As_{2} over a broad range of photon energies and magnetic fields. The observed response clearly indicates the presence of 3D massless charge carriers. The specific cyclotron resonance absorption in the quantum limit implies that we are probing massless Kane electrons rather than symmetry-protected 3D Dirac particles. The latter may appear at a smaller energy scale and are not directly observed in our infrared experiments.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1079-7114
Volume :
117
Issue :
13
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Physical review letters
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
27715109
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.136401