Discovery of a Topological Charge Density Wave
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| author | Litskevich, Maksim Hossain, Md Shafayat Zhang, Songbo Cheng, Zi-Jia Guin, Satya N. Kumar, Nitesh Shekhar, Chandra Wang, Zhiwei Li, Yongkai Chang, Guoqing Yin, Jia-Xin Zhang, Qi Cheng, Guangming Jiang, Yu-Xiao Cochran, Tyler A. Shumiya, Nana Yang, Xian P. Multer, Daniel Liu, Xiaoxiong Yao, Nan Yao, Yugui Felser, Claudia Neupert, Titus Hasan, M. Zahid |
| author_facet | Litskevich, Maksim Hossain, Md Shafayat Zhang, Songbo Cheng, Zi-Jia Guin, Satya N. Kumar, Nitesh Shekhar, Chandra Wang, Zhiwei Li, Yongkai Chang, Guoqing Yin, Jia-Xin Zhang, Qi Cheng, Guangming Jiang, Yu-Xiao Cochran, Tyler A. Shumiya, Nana Yang, Xian P. Multer, Daniel Liu, Xiaoxiong Yao, Nan Yao, Yugui Felser, Claudia Neupert, Titus Hasan, M. Zahid |
| contents | Charge density waves (CDWs) appear in numerous condensed matter platforms, ranging from high-Tc superconductors to quantum Hall systems. Despite such ubiquity, there has been a lack of direct experimental study on boundary states that can uniquely stem from the charge order. Here, using scanning tunneling microscopy, we directly visualize the bulk and boundary phenomenology of CDW in a topological material, Ta2Se8I. Below the transition temperature (TCDW = 260 K), tunneling spectra on an atomically resolved lattice reveal a large insulating gap in the bulk and on the surface, exceeding 500 meV, surpassing predictions from standard weakly-coupled mean-field theory. Spectroscopic imaging confirms the presence of CDW, with LDOS maxima at the conduction band corresponding to the LDOS minima at the valence band, thus revealing a π phase difference in the respective CDW order. Concomitantly, at a monolayer step edge, we detect an in-gap boundary mode with modulations along the edge that match the CDW wavevector along the edge. Intriguingly, the phase of the edge state modulation shifts by π within the charge order gap, connecting the fully gapped bulk (and surface) conduction and valence bands via a smooth energy-phase relation. This bears similarity to the topological spectral flow of edge modes, where the boundary modes bridge the gapped bulk modes in energy and momentum magnitude but in Ta2Se8I, the connectivity distinctly occurs in energy and momentum phase. Notably, our temperature-dependent measurements indicate a vanishing of the insulating gap and the in-gap edge state above TCDW, suggesting their direct relation to CDW. The theoretical analysis also indicates that the observed boundary mode is topological and linked to CDW. |
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| spellingShingle | Discovery of a Topological Charge Density Wave Litskevich, Maksim Hossain, Md Shafayat Zhang, Songbo Cheng, Zi-Jia Guin, Satya N. Kumar, Nitesh Shekhar, Chandra Wang, Zhiwei Li, Yongkai Chang, Guoqing Yin, Jia-Xin Zhang, Qi Cheng, Guangming Jiang, Yu-Xiao Cochran, Tyler A. Shumiya, Nana Yang, Xian P. Multer, Daniel Liu, Xiaoxiong Yao, Nan Yao, Yugui Felser, Claudia Neupert, Titus Hasan, M. Zahid Strongly Correlated Electrons Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Materials Science Other Condensed Matter Applied Physics Charge density waves (CDWs) appear in numerous condensed matter platforms, ranging from high-Tc superconductors to quantum Hall systems. Despite such ubiquity, there has been a lack of direct experimental study on boundary states that can uniquely stem from the charge order. Here, using scanning tunneling microscopy, we directly visualize the bulk and boundary phenomenology of CDW in a topological material, Ta2Se8I. Below the transition temperature (TCDW = 260 K), tunneling spectra on an atomically resolved lattice reveal a large insulating gap in the bulk and on the surface, exceeding 500 meV, surpassing predictions from standard weakly-coupled mean-field theory. Spectroscopic imaging confirms the presence of CDW, with LDOS maxima at the conduction band corresponding to the LDOS minima at the valence band, thus revealing a π phase difference in the respective CDW order. Concomitantly, at a monolayer step edge, we detect an in-gap boundary mode with modulations along the edge that match the CDW wavevector along the edge. Intriguingly, the phase of the edge state modulation shifts by π within the charge order gap, connecting the fully gapped bulk (and surface) conduction and valence bands via a smooth energy-phase relation. This bears similarity to the topological spectral flow of edge modes, where the boundary modes bridge the gapped bulk modes in energy and momentum magnitude but in Ta2Se8I, the connectivity distinctly occurs in energy and momentum phase. Notably, our temperature-dependent measurements indicate a vanishing of the insulating gap and the in-gap edge state above TCDW, suggesting their direct relation to CDW. The theoretical analysis also indicates that the observed boundary mode is topological and linked to CDW. |
| title | Discovery of a Topological Charge Density Wave |
| topic | Strongly Correlated Electrons Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Materials Science Other Condensed Matter Applied Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.14547 |