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1National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Tallahassee, Florida 32310, USA.
Abstract:
For materials near the phase boundary between weak and strong topological insulators (TIs), their band topology depends on the band alignment, with the inverted (normal) band corresponding to the strong (weak) TI phase. Here, taking the anisotropic transition-metal pentatelluride ZrTe_{5} as an example, we show that the band inversion manifests itself as a second extremum (band gap) in the layer stacking direction, which can be probed experimentally via magnetoinfrared spectroscopy. Specifically, we find that the band anisotropy of ZrTe_{5} features a slow dispersion in the layer stacking direction, along with an additional set of optical transitions from a band gap next to the Brillouin zone center. Our work identifies ZrTe_{5} as a strong TI at liquid helium temperature and provides a new perspective in determining band inversion in layered topological materials.
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