Suppression of axionic charge density wave and onset of superconductivity in the chiral Weyl semimetal Ta2Se8I
| Autor: | Claudia Felser, Fengren Fan, Cuiying Pei, Yanpeng Qi, Qingge Mu, Prineha Narang, Johannes Gooth, Sergey A. Medvedev, M. A. ElGhazali, Dennis M. Nenno |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Superconductivity
Materials science Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous) Condensed matter physics Weyl semimetal Charge density 02 engineering and technology 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology Coupling (probability) 01 natural sciences Condensed Matter::Superconductivity Phase (matter) 0103 physical sciences Quasiparticle Condensed Matter::Strongly Correlated Electrons General Materials Science 010306 general physics 0210 nano-technology Charge density wave Phase diagram |
| Zdroj: | Physical Review Materials. 5 |
| ISSN: | 2475-9953 |
| Popis: | A Weyl semimetal with strong electron-phonon interaction can show axionic coupling in its insulator state at low temperatures, owing to the formation of a charge density wave (CDW). Such a CDW emerges in the linear-chain-compound Weyl semimetal ${\mathrm{Ta}}_{2}{\mathrm{Se}}_{8}\mathrm{I}$ below 263 K, resulting in the appearance of the dynamical condensed-matter axion quasiparticle. In this paper, we demonstrate that the interchain coupling in ${\mathrm{Ta}}_{2}{\mathrm{Se}}_{8}\mathrm{I}$ can be varied to suppress the CDW formation with pressure, while retaining the Weyl semimetal phase at high temperatures. Above 17 GPa, the Weyl semimetal phase does not survive, and we induce superconductivity, due to the amorphization of the iodine sublattice. Structurally, the quasi-one-dimensional Ta-Se chains remain intact and provide a channel for superconductivity. We highlight that our results show a near-complete suppression of the gap induced by the axionic charge density wave at pressures inaccessible to previous studies. Including this CDW phase, our experiments and theoretical predictions and analysis reveal the complete phase diagram of ${\mathrm{Ta}}_{2}{\mathrm{Se}}_{8}\mathrm{I}$ and its relationship to the nearby superconducting state. The results demonstrate ${\mathrm{Ta}}_{2}{\mathrm{Se}}_{8}\mathrm{I}$ to be a distinctively versatile platform for exploring correlated topological states. |
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