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Evidence of nested quasi-one-dimensional Fermi surface and decoupled charge-lattice orders in layered TaTe2

Yi Lin1,*, Maximillian Huber1, Sangeeta Rajpurohit2, Yanglin Zhu4, Khalid M. Siddiqui1, Daniel H. Eilbott3, Luca Moreschini1,3, Ping Ai1, Jonathan D. Denlinger5 et al.

Zhiqiang Mao4, Liang Z. Tan2, and Alessandra Lanzara1,3,†

  • 1Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
  • 2Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
  • 3Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
  • 4Department of Physics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
  • 5Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA

  • *yilin@lbl.gov
  • †ALanzara@lbl.gov
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Phys. Rev. Research 4, L022009 – Published 13 April, 2022

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.4.L022009

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The formations of charge and lattice orders are generally coupled in charge density wave (CDW) materials and share identical order wave vectors. Although this situation is usually satisfied in a large class of two-dimensional materials, it falls short in describing the so-called CDW-like phase transition in layered tantalum ditelluride (TaTe2), accompanied by anomalous low temperature transport properties and a periodic lattice distortion (PLD). Here we combine angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy and low energy electron diffraction to directly access the charge and lattice structures in 1T-polytypic TaTe2 and study the anomalous phase transition. Our data reveal the presence of a surprising quasi-one-dimensional Fermi surface with nesting (FSN) condition, despite its van der Waals layered structure. We find that the wave vectors of the FSN and PLD are different, suggesting the decoupled formation between charge and lattice orders. These conditions are accompanied by rich footprints in band structure, including Fermi surface suppression, minigaps, and satellite bands. Our results suggest that TaTe2 manifests intrinsic mixed dimensionality between its electronic and lattice structure and that the CDW-like phase transition is likely governed by multiple mechanisms. Our work provides routes for forging unconventional CDW phases and charge-lattice entanglement that would otherwise not be available in materials with fixed dimensionality.

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Phys. Rev. Research 4, L022009– Published 13 April, 2022
  • Received 7 December 2021
  • Revised 15 March 2022
  • Accepted 18 March 2022
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