Observation of nodal line in non-symmorphic topological semimetal InBi

SA Ekahana, SC Wu, J Jiang, K Okawa…�- New Journal of�…, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
SA Ekahana, SC Wu, J Jiang, K Okawa, D Prabhakaran, CC Hwang, SK Mo, T Sasagawa
New Journal of Physics, 2017iopscience.iop.org
Topological nodal semimetal (TNS), characterized by its touching conduction and valence
bands, is a newly discovered state of quantum matter which exhibits various exotic physical
phenomena. Recently, a new type of TNS called topological nodal line semimetal (TNLS) is
predicted where its conduction and valence band form a degenerate one-dimension line
which is further protected by its crystal symmetry. In this work, we systematically investigated
the bulk and surface electronic structure of the non-symmorphic, TNLS in InBi (which is also�…
Abstract
Topological nodal semimetal (TNS), characterized by its touching conduction and valence bands, is a newly discovered state of quantum matter which exhibits various exotic physical phenomena. Recently, a new type of TNS called topological nodal line semimetal (TNLS) is predicted where its conduction and valence band form a degenerate one-dimension line which is further protected by its crystal symmetry. In this work, we systematically investigated the bulk and surface electronic structure of the non-symmorphic, TNLS in InBi (which is also a type II Dirac semimetal) with strong spin–orbit coupling by using angle resolved photoemission spectroscopy. By tracking the crossing points of the bulk bands at the Brillouin zone boundary, we discovered the nodal-line feature along the direction, in agreement with the ab initio calculations and confirmed it to be a new compound in the TNLS family. Our discovery provides a new material platform for the study of these exotic topological quantum phases and paves the way for possible future applications.
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