Fermi surface and nested magnetic breakdown in <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:msub><mml:mi>WTe</mml:mi><mml:mn>2</mml:mn></mml:msub></mml:math>
J. F. Linnartz, C. S. A. Müller, Yu‐Te Hsu, Christina Breth Nielsen, Martin Bremholm, N. E. Hussey, A. Carrington, S. Wiedmann
Abstract
The paper addresses the Fermi surface topology of WTe${}_{2}$ and shows that magnetic breakdown occurs in a `Russian-doll-nested' Fermi surface, which is determined by impurity damping due to a small breakdown gap.
Topics & Concepts
Fermi surfaceCondensed matter physicsPhysicsSurface (topology)Fermi levelWeyl semimetalSemimetalElectronQuantum mechanicsMathematicsGeometrySuperconductivityBand gapTopological Materials and Phenomena2D Materials and ApplicationsElectronic and Structural Properties of Oxides