Crystal growth and transport properties of Weyl semimetal TaAs.

J Phys Condens Matter

Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei 10617, Taiwan. Center for Condensed Matter Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taipei 10617, Taiwan.

Published: January 2018

We report the single crystal growth and transport properties of a Weyl semimetal TaAs. Unsaturated large magnetoresistance of about 22 100% at 2 K and 9 T is observed. From the Hall measurement, carrier concentrations n  =  4.608  ×  10 m and p  =  3.099  ×  10 m, and mobilities µ   =  2.502 m V s and µ   =  16.785 m V s at 2 K are extracted. The de Haas-van Alphen oscillations at 2 K and 9 T suggest the presence of a Fermi surface, and the quantum electronic parameters such as effective cyclotron mass and Dingle temperature were obtained using Lifshitz-Kosevich fitting. Temperature dependent resistivity measurements at different static magnetic fields suggest the formation of an insulating gap in the Weyl semimetal TaAs. An angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy study reveals Fermi arc surface states with different shaped features such as a long elliptical contour around each [Formula: see text] point, a bowtie-shaped contour around each [Formula: see text] point, and a crescent-shaped feature near the midpoint of each [Formula: see text] line.

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