Folded pseudochiral Fermi surface in 4Hb-TaSe2 from band hybridization with a charge density wave

Matthew D. Watson, Andrea Tonelli, Mugerabe Zerabza, Samuel Hayward, Rebecca Wilkinson, Ettore Carpene, Cephise Cacho, Valentina De Renzi, Simon Crampin, Enrico Da Como

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Abstract

Stacking of strongly-correlated 2D materials is opening the possibility to demonstrate novel electronic or magnetic ordering phenomena. In this regard the intrinsic polytypism of tantalum dichalcogenides has emerged as a platform to generate clean and controllable material interfaces. Here, we report on the Fermi surface of 4Hb-TaSe2, a polytype which consists of alternately stacked layers with octahedral (T) and trigonal prismatic (H) coordination of tantalum in the Se-Ta-Se layers. The material is known to host a charge density wave (CDW) phase with star clusters in the T-layers, intercalated by metallic H-layers, but its momentum resolved electronic structure remains undetermined. Using selective area angle resolved photoemission spectroscopy on the T termination combined with ab initio calculations, we unveil a finely structured Fermi surface arising from band folding in the reconstructed Brillouin zone caused by the CDW star clusters. The star-shaped Fermi surface is rotated away from the high-symmetry directions of the normal phase, and exhibits pseudochirality. Theoretical analysis supports the metallic nature of the system and interlayer interactions leading to hybridization. The work provides a detailed overview on the impact of band hybridization with the CDW on the Fermi surface of a material for new phases of quantum matter.
Original languageEnglish
Article number24
JournalCommunications Materials
Volume6
Issue number1
Early online date3 Feb 2025
DOIs
Publication statusE-pub ahead of print - 3 Feb 2025

Data Availability Statement

All data related to this paper are available from the corresponding authors upon reasonable request.

Acknowledgements

We are grateful to A. Moore, C. Cambridge and P. Jones for technical support. The authors thank Dr. Gabriele Kociok-Kohn of the Material and Chemical Characterisation Facility (MC²) at the University of Bath ( https://doi.org/10.15125/mx6j-3r54 ) for her technical support and guidance in acquiring the PXRD data. We also acknowledge the University of Bath Research Computers from ( https://doi.org/10.15125/b6cd-s854 ) for computer support.

Funding

This work has been supported by the Italian Ministry of University and Research (Grant No. PRIN 2017BZPKSZ). Access to Diamond Light Source was provided by STFC (beamtime sessions SI33694 and SI34335). Work at the University of Bath is supported by the Royal Society (grant IES\R2\212016).

FundersFunder number
University of Bath
University of Bath Research Computers
Science and Technology Facilities CouncilSI34335, SI33694
Royal SocietyIES\R2\212016
Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca2022NXLTYN, PRIN 2017BZPKSZ

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