Large magnetoresistance in the type-II Weyl semimetal semimetal WP[subscript 2]

We report a magnetotransport study on type-II Weyl semimetal WP[subscript 2] single crystals. Magnetoresistance exhibits a nonsaturating H[superscript n] field dependence (14 300% at 2 K and 9 T), whereas systematic violation of Kohler's rule was observed. Quantum oscillations reveal a complex...

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Main Authors: Wang, Aifeng (Author), Graf, D. (Author), Liu, Yu (Author), Du, Qianheng (Author), Lei, Hechang (Author), Petrovic, C. (Author), Zheng, Jiabao (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Research Laboratory of Electronics (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: American Physical Society, 2018-01-30T18:12:36Z.
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520 |a We report a magnetotransport study on type-II Weyl semimetal WP[subscript 2] single crystals. Magnetoresistance exhibits a nonsaturating H[superscript n] field dependence (14 300% at 2 K and 9 T), whereas systematic violation of Kohler's rule was observed. Quantum oscillations reveal a complex multiband electronic structure. The cyclotron effective mass close to the mass of free electron m[subscript e] was observed in quantum oscillations along the b axis, while a reduced effective mass of about 0.5m[subscript e] was observed in a-axis quantum oscillations, suggesting Fermi surface anisotropy. The temperature dependence of the resistivity shows a large upturn that cannot be explained by the multiband magnetoresistance of conventional metals. Even though the crystal structure of WP[subscript 2] is not layered as in transition-metal dichalcogenides, quantum oscillations suggest partial two-dimensional character. 
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