Mosesso Lorenzo, Tomarchio Luca, Bhattarai Niraj, Macis Salvatore, Gori Paola, Grilli Antonio, Cestelli Guidi Mariangela, Philip John, Pulci Olivia, Lupi Stefano
Department of Physics, Sapienza University Piazzale Aldo Moro 5 00185 Rome Italy
INFN Section of Rome P. Le Aldo Moro, 2 00185 Rome Italy.
Nanoscale Adv. 2024 Oct 14;6(24):6378-85. doi: 10.1039/d4na00737a.
We present a systematic study of the low-energy electrodynamics of the magnetic FeSn kagome metal, which hosts both topological (Dirac) and non-trivial states. Our results reveal that the optical conductivity of FeSn shows two Drude contributions that can be associated with the linear (Dirac) and parabolic (massive) bands, with a dominance of the former to the DC conductivity at low temperatures. The weight of the Drude response shifts toward lower frequencies upon cooling due to a rapid increase in the Dirac electron mobility, which we associate with a temperature suppression of e-ph scattering. The experimental interband dielectric function is in very good agreement with that calculated within Density Functional Theory (DFT). These results provide a full description of the charge dynamics in FeSn kagome topological metal, opening the road for its use in photonic and plasmonic applications.
我们对磁性FeSn Kagome金属的低能电动力学进行了系统研究,该金属同时具有拓扑(狄拉克)态和非平凡态。我们的结果表明,FeSn的光导率显示出两个德鲁德贡献,可分别与线性(狄拉克)带和抛物线(有质量)带相关联,在低温下前者对直流电导率起主导作用。由于狄拉克电子迁移率的快速增加,德鲁德响应的权重在冷却时向低频移动,我们将其与电子-声子散射的温度抑制相关联。实验得到的带间介电函数与密度泛函理论(DFT)计算的结果非常吻合。这些结果全面描述了FeSn Kagome拓扑金属中的电荷动力学,为其在光子和等离子体应用中的使用开辟了道路。