Dominant two-dimensional electron-phonon interactions in the bulk Dirac semimetal Na3Bi
| Autor: | Desai, Dhruv C., Park, Jinsoo, Zhou, Jin-Jian, Bernardi, Marco |
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| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
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| Druh dokumentu: | Working Paper |
| DOI: | 10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c00713 |
| Popis: | Bulk Dirac semimetals (DSMs) exhibit unconventional transport properties and phase transitions due to their peculiar low-energy band structure. Yet the electronic interactions governing nonequilibrium phenomena in DSMs are not fully understood. Here we show that electron-phonon (e-ph) interactions in a prototypical bulk DSM, Na3Bi, are predominantly two-dimensional (2D). Our first-principles calculations discover a 2D optical phonon with strong e-ph interactions associated with in-plane vibrations of Na atoms. We show that this 2D mode governs e-ph scattering and charge transport in Na3Bi, and induces a dynamical phase transition to a Weyl semimetal. Our work advances quantitative analysis of electron interactions in topological semimetals and reveals dominant low-dimensional interactions in bulk quantum materials. Comment: Single column, 22 pages, 5 figures |
| Databáze: | arXiv |
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