Interplay between electronic correlations and spin-orbit coupling for topological superconductivity of iron chalcogenide

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Abstract

We investigate the bulk electronic structure and corresponding topological surface Dirac cone of an iron chalcogenide, FeSe0.5Te0.5, in the framework of the combination of linearized quasiparticle self-consistent GW and dynamical mean field theory (LQSGW+DMFT) with spin-orbit coupling. It is shown that the present method predicts the bulk electronic structure and the surface Dirac cone of FeSe0.5Te0.5 in good agreement with angle resolved photoemission experiments. [1,2,3,4] We confirmed that the interplay between electronic correlations and spin-orbit coupling are of great importance for the correct description of non-trivial Z2 and the excitation spectrum of FeSe0.5Te0.5. In particular, the Hund-coupling induced band renormalization is a decisive factor for the surface topological superconductivity in the un-doped system by locating the surface Dirac cone at the chemical potential. [4]

 

[1] H. Lohani et al., Phys. Rev. B 101, 245146 (2020)

[2] H. Miao et al., Phys. Rev. B 98, 020502 (2018)

[3] P. Johnson et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 167001 (2015)

[4] P. Zhang et al., Science 360, 182 (2018)

*This work was supported by the U.S Department of Energy, Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences as a part of the Computational Materials Science Program. Minjae Kim was supported by KIAS Individual Grants (CG083501).

Presenters

  • Minjae Kim

    • Korea Institute for Advanced Study

Authors

  • Minjae Kim

    • Korea Institute for Advanced Study
  • Sangkook Choi

    • Brookhaven National Laboratory
  • Walber Hugo De Brito

    • Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
  • Gabriel Kotliar

    • Rutgers University, New Brunswick