Influences of spin-orbit coupling on Fermi surfaces and Dirac cones in ferroelectriclike polar metals

Hu Zhang, Wei Huang, Jia-Wei Mei, and Xing-Qiang Shi
Phys. Rev. B 99, 195154 – Published 30 May 2019

Abstract

Based on first-principles calculations and k·p effective models, we report physical properties of ferroelectriclike hexagonal polar metals with P63mc symmetry, which are distinct from those of conventional metals with spatial inversion symmetry. Spin textures exist on the Fermi surface of polar metals (e.g., ternary LiGaGe and elemental polar metal of Bi) and spin-momentum locking exist on accidental Dirac cones on the sixfold rotational axis, due to the spin-orbit coupling and lack of inversion symmetry in polar space group. This effect has potential applications in spin-orbitronics. Dirac points are also predicted in LiGaGe.

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  • Received 22 January 2019
  • Revised 8 April 2019

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.99.195154

©2019 American Physical Society

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

Condensed Matter, Materials & Applied Physics

Authors & Affiliations

Hu Zhang, Wei Huang, Jia-Wei Mei, and Xing-Qiang Shi*

  • Department of Physics, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China

  • *shixq@sustc.edu.cn

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Vol. 99, Iss. 19 — 15 May 2019

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