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Observation of the Quantum Hall Effect in Confined Films of the Three-Dimensional Dirac Semimetal Cd_{3}As_{2}
Timo Schumann1, Luca Galletti1, David A Kealhofer2
1Materials Department, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106-5050, USA.
Abstract:
The magnetotransport properties of epitaxial films of Cd_{3}As_{2}, a paradigm three-dimensional Dirac semimetal, are investigated. We show that an energy gap opens in the bulk electronic states of sufficiently thin films and, at low temperatures, carriers residing in surface states dominate the electrical transport. The carriers in these states are sufficiently mobile to give rise to a quantized Hall effect. The sharp quantization demonstrates surface transport that is virtually free of parasitic bulk conduction and paves the way for novel quantum transport studies in this class of topological materials. Our results also demonstrate that heterostructuring approaches can be used to study and engineer quantum states in topological semimetals.
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