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Magneto-Optical Signature of Massless Kane Electrons in Cd 3
- Source :
- Physical Review Letters
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- We report on optical reflectivity experiments performed on Cd3As2 over a broad range of photon energies and magnetic fields. The observed response clearly indicates the presence of 3D massless charge carriers. The specific cyclotron resonance absorption in the quantum limit implies that we are probing massless Kane electrons rather than symmetry-protected 3D Dirac particles. The latter may appear at a smaller energy scale and are not directly observed in our infrared experiments.
- Subjects :
- Physics
Photon
Condensed matter physics
Quantum limit
Cyclotron resonance
General Physics and Astronomy
02 engineering and technology
Electron
021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology
01 natural sciences
Magnetic field
Massless particle
0103 physical sciences
Charge carrier
010306 general physics
0210 nano-technology
Absorption (electromagnetic radiation)
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00319007
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Physical Review Letters
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....8cbeeef6d1b92ac0e57716340f431913
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.136401