Field-induced quasi-particle tunneling in the nodal-line semimetal HfSiS revealed by de Haas-van Alphen quantum oscillations

We present a de Haas–van Alphen quantum oscillation study of the Dirac nodal-line semimetal HfSiS up to 32 T to unravel the structure of the high-frequency magnetic breakdown spectrum that was previously obscured in transport experiments. Despite a threefold enhanced gap between adjacent electron an...

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Main Authors: C. S. A. Müller, M. R. van Delft, T. Khouri, M. Breitkreiz, L. M. Schoop, A. Carrington, N. E. Hussey, S. Wiedmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2022-10-01
Series:Physical Review Research
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.4.043008
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Summary:We present a de Haas–van Alphen quantum oscillation study of the Dirac nodal-line semimetal HfSiS up to 32 T to unravel the structure of the high-frequency magnetic breakdown spectrum that was previously obscured in transport experiments. Despite a threefold enhanced gap between adjacent electron and hole pockets relative to the sister compound ZrSiS, a large number of large-area magnetic breakdown orbits enclosing the nodal-loop are identified. All breakdown orbits are assigned by extracting their cyclotron masses. Moreover, one additional low-frequency magnetic breakdown orbit, previously absent in ZrSiS, is observed and attributed to the larger spin-orbit interaction in HfSiS.
ISSN:2643-1564