Fermiology and superconductivity of topological surface states in PdTe2

O. J. Clark; M. J. Neat; K. Okawa; Lewis Bawden; Igor Marković; Federico Mazzola; Jiagui Feng; Veronika Sunko; J. M. Riley; W. Meevasana; J. Fujii; I Vobornik; T. Kim; M. Hoesch; T. Sasagawa; P. Wahl; M.S. Bahramy; P. D. C. King

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Fermiology and superconductivity of topological surface states in PdTe₂

O. J. Clark, M. J. Neat, K. Okawa, Lewis Bawden, Igor Marković, Federico Mazzola, Jiagui Feng, Veronika Sunko, J. M. Riley, W. Meevasana, J. Fujii, I Vobornik, T. Kim, M. Hoesch, T. Sasagawa, P. Wahl, M.S. Bahramy, P. D. C. King

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We study the low-energy surface electronic structure of the transition-metal dichalcogenide superconductor PdTe₂ by spin- and angle-resolved photoemission, scanning tunneling microscopy, and density-functional theory-based supercell calculations. Comparing PdTe₂ with its sister compound PtSe₂, we demonstrate how enhanced interlayer hopping in the Te-based material drives a band inversion within the antibonding p-orbital manifold well above the Fermi level. We show how this mediates spin-polarized topological surface states which form rich multivalley Fermi surfaces with complex spin textures. Scanning tunneling spectroscopy reveals type-II superconductivity at the surface, and moreover shows no evidence for an unconventional component of its superconducting order parameter, despite the presence of topological surface states.

Original language	English
Article number	156401
Number of pages	7
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	120
Issue number	15
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.156401
Publication status	Published - 9 Apr 2018

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Clark, O. J., Neat, M. J., Okawa, K., Bawden, L., Marković, I., Mazzola, F., Feng, J., Sunko, V., Riley, J. M., Meevasana, W., Fujii, J., Vobornik, I., Kim, T., Hoesch, M., Sasagawa, T., Wahl, P., Bahramy, M. S., & King, P. D. C. (2018). Fermiology and superconductivity of topological surface states in PdTe₂. Physical Review Letters, 120(15), Article 156401. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.156401

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