Dimensionality-dependent type-II Weyl semimetal state in Mo0.25 W0.75 Te2

Peiling Li; Ya Deng; Chuang Han Hsu; Chao Zhu; Jian Cui; Xue Yang; Jiadong Zhou; Yi Chun Hung; Jie Fan; Zhongqing Ji; Fanming Qu; Jie Shen; Changli Yang; Xiunian Jing; Hsin Lin; Zheng Liu; Li Lu; Guangtong Liu

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.104.085423

Dimensionality-dependent type-II Weyl semimetal state in Mo0.25 W0.75 Te2

Peiling Li
, Ya Deng
, Chuang Han Hsu
, Chao Zhu
, Jian Cui
, Xue Yang
, Jiadong Zhou
, Yi Chun Hung
, Jie Fan
, Zhongqing Ji
, Fanming Qu
, Jie Shen
, Changli Yang
, Xiunian Jing
, Hsin Lin
, Zheng Liu^*
, Li Lu
, Guangtong Liu

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Weyl nodes and Fermi arcs in type-II Weyl semimetals (WSMs) have led to lots of exotic transport phenomena. Recently, Mo0.25W0.75Te2 has been established as a type-II WSM with Weyl points located near Fermi level, which offers an opportunity to study its intriguing band structure by electrical transport measurements. Here, by selecting a special sample with the thickness gradient across two-(2D) and three-dimensional (3D) regimes, we show strong evidence that Mo0.25W0.75Te2 is a type-II Weyl semimetal by observing the following two dimensionality-dependent transport features: (1) a chiral-anomaly-induced anisotropic magnetoconductivity enhancement, proportional to the square of in-plane magnetic field (Bin2); and (2) an additional quantum oscillation with thickness-dependent phase shift. Our theoretical calculations show that the observed quantum oscillation originates from a Weyl-orbit-like scenario due to the unique band structure of Mo0.25W0.75Te2. The in situ dimensionality-tuned transport experiment offers an alternative strategy to search for type-II WSMs.

Original language	English
Article number	085423
Journal	Physical Review B
Volume	104
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.104.085423
Publication status	Published - 15 Aug 2021
Externally published	Yes

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