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Main Authors: Nakamura, T., Fujisawa, Y., Smith, B. R. M., Tomoda, N., Hasiweder, T. J., Okada, Y.
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.06664
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author Nakamura, T.
Fujisawa, Y.
Smith, B. R. M.
Tomoda, N.
Hasiweder, T. J.
Okada, Y.
author_facet Nakamura, T.
Fujisawa, Y.
Smith, B. R. M.
Tomoda, N.
Hasiweder, T. J.
Okada, Y.
contents Rare earth tri-tellurides (RTe3) are van der Waals (vdW) coupled semimetals ideal for exploring exotic electronic phases. LaTe3 is especially important for understanding the fundamental Fermiology of the RTe3 family because it is non-magnetic and has a simpler charge density wave structure. In this study, we used spectroscopic-imaging scanning tunneling microscopy to measure the Landau levels of LaTe3 with high energy resolution at 300 mK. These measurements were taken under varying magnetic fields up to 15 T, with fine intervals of 0.02 - 0.03 T. Our results reveal a pair of pronounced electron-hole Fermi pockets of similar sizes and evidence of electron-boson coupling in both pockets. Given the strong charge susceptibility typical of low-dimensional conductors, the interactions and instabilities driven by the electron-hole Fermi pockets could be a basis for searching unexplored quantum phases in other antiferromagnetic RTe3 compounds.
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spellingShingle Revealing Pronounced Electron-Hole Fermi Pockets in the Charge Density Wave Semimetal LaTe3
Nakamura, T.
Fujisawa, Y.
Smith, B. R. M.
Tomoda, N.
Hasiweder, T. J.
Okada, Y.
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Rare earth tri-tellurides (RTe3) are van der Waals (vdW) coupled semimetals ideal for exploring exotic electronic phases. LaTe3 is especially important for understanding the fundamental Fermiology of the RTe3 family because it is non-magnetic and has a simpler charge density wave structure. In this study, we used spectroscopic-imaging scanning tunneling microscopy to measure the Landau levels of LaTe3 with high energy resolution at 300 mK. These measurements were taken under varying magnetic fields up to 15 T, with fine intervals of 0.02 - 0.03 T. Our results reveal a pair of pronounced electron-hole Fermi pockets of similar sizes and evidence of electron-boson coupling in both pockets. Given the strong charge susceptibility typical of low-dimensional conductors, the interactions and instabilities driven by the electron-hole Fermi pockets could be a basis for searching unexplored quantum phases in other antiferromagnetic RTe3 compounds.
title Revealing Pronounced Electron-Hole Fermi Pockets in the Charge Density Wave Semimetal LaTe3
topic Strongly Correlated Electrons
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.06664