Pressure-induced electronic and structural phase transitions in Dirac semimetal Cd3As2: Raman study
Gupta SN, Muthu DVS, Shekhar C, Sankar R, Felser C, Sood AK (2017)
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2017
Journal
Book Volume: 120
Article Number: 57003
Journal Issue: 5
DOI: 10.1209/0295-5075/120/57003
Abstract
We report on the high-pressure Raman study of Cd3As2, a three-dimensional Dirac semimetal, up to 19GPa at room temperature. Our study shows that light scattering by intervalley and intravalley density fluctuations give rise to electronic Raman scattering (ERS), with Lorentzian-like lineshape at low frequency. The strength and linewidth of the ERS are pressure dependent and exhibit a significant drop at Pc1 = 2.5GPa, signifying a breakdown of the Dirac semimetal to a semiconducting phase. The first phase transition at Pc1 is also clearly identified by the significant changes in the pressure derivatives of phonon frequencies and linewidths. Pressure dependence of phonon parameters also reveal a second phase transition at Pc2 = 9.5GPa, being reported for the first time. This semiconductor-to-semiconductor transition coincides with the abrupt changes seen in the activation energy (band gap) of the semiconductor phase.
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APA:
Gupta, S.N., Muthu, D.V.S., Shekhar, C., Sankar, R., Felser, C., & Sood, A.K. (2017). Pressure-induced electronic and structural phase transitions in Dirac semimetal Cd3As2: Raman study. EPL - Europhysics Letters, 120(5). https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/120/57003
MLA:
Gupta, Satyendra Nath, et al. "Pressure-induced electronic and structural phase transitions in Dirac semimetal Cd3As2: Raman study." EPL - Europhysics Letters 120.5 (2017).
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