Fermiology with nodal structures in nonsymmorphic superconductor LaNiGa$_2$: A de Haas-van Alphen study

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Autores principales: Li, Houpu, Yang, Ye, Shi, Mengzhu, Qian, Yingcai, Pan, Senyang, Fan, Kaibao, Zhang, Nan, Tang, Kaixin, Li, Hongyu, Wang, Zhiwei, Zhang, Jinglei, Xi, Chuanying, Xiang, Ziji, Chen, Xianhui
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author Li, Houpu
Yang, Ye
Shi, Mengzhu
Qian, Yingcai
Pan, Senyang
Fan, Kaibao
Zhang, Nan
Tang, Kaixin
Li, Hongyu
Wang, Zhiwei
Zhang, Jinglei
Xi, Chuanying
Xiang, Ziji
Chen, Xianhui
author_facet Li, Houpu
Yang, Ye
Shi, Mengzhu
Qian, Yingcai
Pan, Senyang
Fan, Kaibao
Zhang, Nan
Tang, Kaixin
Li, Hongyu
Wang, Zhiwei
Zhang, Jinglei
Xi, Chuanying
Xiang, Ziji
Chen, Xianhui
contents Topological metals possess various types of symmetry-protected degenerate band crossings. When a topological metal becomes superconducting, the low-energy electronic excitations stemming from the band crossings located close to the Fermi level may contribute to highly unusual pairing symmetry and superconducting states. In this work, we study the electronic band structure of the time-reversal symmetry breaking superconductor LaNiGa$_2$ by means of quantum oscillation measurements. A comprehensive investigation combining angle-resolved high-field de Haas-van Alphen (dHvA) spectroscopy and first-principles calculations reveals the fermiology of LaNiGa$_2$ and verifies its nonsymmorphic $Cmcm$ lattice symmetry, which promises nodal band crossings pinned at the Fermi level with fourfold degeneracies. Moreover, such nodal structures, proposed to play a crucial role giving rise to the interorbital triplet pairing, are indeed captured by our dHvA analysis. Our results identify LaNiGa$_2$ as a prototypical topological crystalline superconductor and highlight the putative contribution of low-energy nodal quasiparticles to unconventional superconducting pairing.
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spellingShingle Fermiology with nodal structures in nonsymmorphic superconductor LaNiGa$_2$: A de Haas-van Alphen study
Li, Houpu
Yang, Ye
Shi, Mengzhu
Qian, Yingcai
Pan, Senyang
Fan, Kaibao
Zhang, Nan
Tang, Kaixin
Li, Hongyu
Wang, Zhiwei
Zhang, Jinglei
Xi, Chuanying
Xiang, Ziji
Chen, Xianhui
Superconductivity
Materials Science
Topological metals possess various types of symmetry-protected degenerate band crossings. When a topological metal becomes superconducting, the low-energy electronic excitations stemming from the band crossings located close to the Fermi level may contribute to highly unusual pairing symmetry and superconducting states. In this work, we study the electronic band structure of the time-reversal symmetry breaking superconductor LaNiGa$_2$ by means of quantum oscillation measurements. A comprehensive investigation combining angle-resolved high-field de Haas-van Alphen (dHvA) spectroscopy and first-principles calculations reveals the fermiology of LaNiGa$_2$ and verifies its nonsymmorphic $Cmcm$ lattice symmetry, which promises nodal band crossings pinned at the Fermi level with fourfold degeneracies. Moreover, such nodal structures, proposed to play a crucial role giving rise to the interorbital triplet pairing, are indeed captured by our dHvA analysis. Our results identify LaNiGa$_2$ as a prototypical topological crystalline superconductor and highlight the putative contribution of low-energy nodal quasiparticles to unconventional superconducting pairing.
title Fermiology with nodal structures in nonsymmorphic superconductor LaNiGa$_2$: A de Haas-van Alphen study
topic Superconductivity
Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.09257