Optical signatures of Dirac nodal lines in NbAs2.
Yinming ShaoZhiyuan SunYing WangChenchao XuRaman SankarAlexander J BreindelChao CaoMichael M FoglerAndrew J MillisFangcheng ChouZhiqiang LiThomas TimuskM Brian MapleD N BasovPublished in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (2018)
Using polarized optical and magneto-optical spectroscopy, we have demonstrated universal aspects of electrodynamics associated with Dirac nodal lines that are found in several classes of unconventional intermetallic compounds. We investigated anisotropic electrodynamics of [Formula: see text] where the spin-orbit coupling (SOC) triggers energy gaps along the nodal lines. These gaps manifest as sharp steps in the optical conductivity spectra [Formula: see text] This behavior is followed by the linear power-law scaling of [Formula: see text] at higher frequencies, consistent with our theoretical analysis for dispersive Dirac nodal lines. Magneto-optics data affirm the dominant role of nodal lines in the electrodynamics of [Formula: see text].
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