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Spin-valley locking in the normal state of a transition-metal dichacogenide superconductor

Thiagarajan, Balasubramanian LU ; Bawden, L ; Cooil, S. P ; Mazzola, F ; Collins-McIntyre, L. J ; Sunko, V ; Hunvik, K. W. E ; Leandersson, Mats LU ; Polley, Craig LU and Kim, T. M , et al. (2016) In Nature Communications 7.
Abstract
Metallic transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) are benchmark systems for studying and controlling intertwined electronic orders in solids, with superconductivity developing from a charge-density wave state. The interplay between such phases is thought to play a critical role in the unconventional superconductivity of cuprates, Fe-based and heavy-fermion systems, yet even for the more moderately-correlated TMDCs, their nature and origins have proved controversial. Here, we study a prototypical example, 2H-NbSe2, by spin- and angle-resolved photoemission and first-principles theory. We find that the normal state, from which its hallmark collective phases emerge, is characterized by quasiparticles whose spin is locked to their valley... (More)
Metallic transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) are benchmark systems for studying and controlling intertwined electronic orders in solids, with superconductivity developing from a charge-density wave state. The interplay between such phases is thought to play a critical role in the unconventional superconductivity of cuprates, Fe-based and heavy-fermion systems, yet even for the more moderately-correlated TMDCs, their nature and origins have proved controversial. Here, we study a prototypical example, 2H-NbSe2, by spin- and angle-resolved photoemission and first-principles theory. We find that the normal state, from which its hallmark collective phases emerge, is characterized by quasiparticles whose spin is locked to their valley pseudospin. This results from a combination of strong spin–orbit interactions and local inversion symmetry breaking, while interlayer coupling further drives a rich three-dimensional momentum dependence of the underlying Fermi-surface spin texture. These findings necessitate a re-investigation of the nature of charge order and superconducting pairing in NbSe2 and related TMDCs. (Less)
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Nature Communications
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7
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11711
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Nature Publishing Group
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2041-1723
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10.1038/ncomms11711
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English
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  abstract     = {{Metallic transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) are benchmark systems for studying and controlling intertwined electronic orders in solids, with superconductivity developing from a charge-density wave state. The interplay between such phases is thought to play a critical role in the unconventional superconductivity of cuprates, Fe-based and heavy-fermion systems, yet even for the more moderately-correlated TMDCs, their nature and origins have proved controversial. Here, we study a prototypical example, 2H-NbSe2, by spin- and angle-resolved photoemission and first-principles theory. We find that the normal state, from which its hallmark collective phases emerge, is characterized by quasiparticles whose spin is locked to their valley pseudospin. This results from a combination of strong spin–orbit interactions and local inversion symmetry breaking, while interlayer coupling further drives a rich three-dimensional momentum dependence of the underlying Fermi-surface spin texture. These findings necessitate a re-investigation of the nature of charge order and superconducting pairing in NbSe2 and related TMDCs.}},
  author       = {{Thiagarajan, Balasubramanian and Bawden, L and Cooil, S. P and Mazzola, F and Collins-McIntyre, L. J and Sunko, V and Hunvik, K. W. E and Leandersson, Mats and Polley, Craig and Kim, T. M and Hoesch, M and Wells, J. W. and Balakrishnan, G and Bahramy, M. S and King, P. D. C and Riley, J. M.}},
  issn         = {{2041-1723}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  publisher    = {{Nature Publishing Group}},
  series       = {{Nature Communications}},
  title        = {{Spin-valley locking in the normal state of a transition-metal dichacogenide superconductor}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11711}},
  doi          = {{10.1038/ncomms11711}},
  volume       = {{7}},
  year         = {{2016}},
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