Abstract
We report infrared magnetospectroscopy studies on thin crystals of an emerging Dirac material ZrTe 5 near the intrinsic limit. The observed structure of the Landau-level transitions and zero-field infrared absorption indicate a two-dimensional Dirac-like electronic structure, similar to that in graphene but with a small relativistic mass corresponding to a 9.4-meV energy gap. Measurements with circularly polarized light reveal a significant electron-hole asymmetry, which leads to splitting of the Landau-level transitions at high magnetic fields. Our model, based on the Bernevig-Hughes-Zhang effective Hamiltonian, quantitatively explains all observed transitions, determining the values of the Fermi velocity, Dirac mass (or gap), electron-hole asymmetry, and electron and hole g factors.
Department(s)
Physics, Astronomy, and Materials Science
Document Type
Article
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.96.041101
Rights Information
© 2017 American Physical Society
Publication Date
2017
Recommended Citation
Jiang, Y., Z. L. Dun, H. D. Zhou, Z. Lu, K-W. Chen, S. Moon, T. Besara et al. "Landau-level spectroscopy of massive Dirac fermions in single-crystalline ZrTe 5 thin flakes." Physical Review B 96, no. 4 (2017).
Journal Title
Physical Review B
