Anomalous enhancement of charge density wave in kagome superconductor CsV3Sb5 approaching the 2D limit
Boqin Song, Tianping Ying, Xianxin Wu, Wei Xia, Qiangwei Yin, Qinghua Zhang, Yanpeng Song, Xiaofan Yang, Jiangang Guo, Lin Gu, Xiaolong Chen, Jiangping Hu, Andreas P. Schnyder, Hechang Lei, Yanfeng Guo, Shiyan Li
Abstract
Abstract The recently discovered kagome metals AV 3 Sb 5 (A = Cs, Rb, K) exhibit a variety of intriguing phenomena, such as a charge density wave (CDW) with time-reversal symmetry breaking and possible unconventional superconductivity. Here, we report a rare non-monotonic evolution of the CDW temperature ( T CDW ) with the reduction of flake thickness approaching the atomic limit, and the superconducting transition temperature ( T c ) features an inverse variation with T CDW . T CDW initially decreases to a minimum value of 72 K at 27 layers and then increases abruptly, reaching a record-high value of 120 K at 5 layers. Raman scattering measurements reveal a weakened electron-phonon coupling with the reduction of sample thickness, suggesting that a crossover from electron-phonon coupling to dominantly electronic interactions could account for the non-monotonic thickness dependence of T CDW . Our work demonstrates the novel effects of dimension reduction and carrier doping on quantum states in thin flakes and provides crucial insights into the complex mechanism of the CDW order in the family of AV 3 Sb 5 kagome metals.