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@PHDTHESIS{Hagiwara:1014675,
author = {Hagiwara, Kenta},
title = {{S}pin- and orbital-dependent band structure of
unconventional topological semimetals},
volume = {270},
school = {Univ. Duisburg-Essen},
type = {Dissertation},
address = {Jülich},
publisher = {Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH Zentralbibliothek, Verlag},
reportid = {FZJ-2023-03380},
isbn = {978-3-95806-701-1},
series = {Schriften des Forschungszentrums Jülich Reihe
Schlüsseltechnologien / Key Technologies},
pages = {v, 115},
year = {2023},
note = {Dissertation, Univ. Duisburg-Essen, 2022},
abstract = {Topological semimetals host fermion quasiparticles with
band crossing points in their bulk electronic structures. In
Weyl semimetals, these crossing points are protected by
symmetry and topology, forming a Fermi arc at the surface,
which connects pairs of these points with opposite chiral
charges. Recently, unconventional topological semimetals
have emerged with strongly tilted Dirac cones, termed
type-II Dirac/Weyl semimetals. Additionally, higher
topological charges can be formed in structurally chiral
crystals, referred to as chiral topological semimetals. In
spite of the emergence of such new materials, the underlying
spin texture and its link to topological properties even in
conventional topological semimetals have still remained
elusive. In this thesis, we studied the type-II Dirac
semimetal NiTe2, the type-II Weyl semimetal MoTe2, and the
chiral topological semimetal CoSi. Here, when the symmetries
of the respective crystal structures are lower, a higher
topological charge can be formed. Inversion-symmetric NiTe2
leads to a degenerate topological charge C = 0, while broken
inversion symmetry in MoTe2 causes the splitting of
topological charges with C = ±1. Chiral structured CoSi is
characterized by C = ±2. By means of momentum microscopy
together with an imaging spin filter, we revealed spin- and
orbitaldependent electronic structures in connection with
symmetry and topology. For inversion-symmetric materials
like NiTe2, a spin polarization of bulk states is not
allowed. An observed “hidden” spin polarization of the
bulk Dirac cone, however, originates from the top Te atom of
a Te-Ni-Te trilayer. This can be understood in a concept
where the degenerate Dirac cone in NiTe2 is formed by a
superpositionof two Dirac cones with opposite spin
polarizations localized at the top and bottom Te atoms of
the trilayer. In particular, we found the same scenario for
NiTe2 and MoTe2: a pair of Weyl cones with opposite
chirality exhibits a reversed spin polarization. Depending
on the symmetry of the crystal structure, however, the cones
are degenerate in k space for inversion-symmetric NiTe2 and
separated for MoTe2 due to broken inversion symmetry. A
strong circular dichroism with reversed sign gives a
fingerprint of opposite chiral charges of the Weyl points in
MoTe2. The sensitivity of the circular dichroism to the
chirality of the system can be directly confirmed in the
case of CoSi, where the dichroism reverses its sign between
chiral crystals of the opposite structural handedness. The
circular dichroism further revealed a different orbital
texture of bands forming a higher-charge fermion in CoSi,
which is attributed to their topology. In this thesis, we
established a relationship between the spin and orbital
texture, topology, and symmetry. Beyond the three studied
materials, the results presented in this thesis
significantly contribute to the understanding of
unconventional topological semimetals, in general.},
cin = {PGI-6},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)PGI-6-20110106},
pnm = {5211 - Topological Matter (POF4-521)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-5211},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)3 / PUB:(DE-HGF)11},
doi = {10.34734/FZJ-2023-03380},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/1014675},
}