Orbital- and kz -Selective Hybridization of Se 4p and Ti 3d States in the Charge Density Wave Phase of TiSe2

Matthew D. Watson, Oliver J. Clark, Federico Mazzola, Igor Marković, Veronika Sunko, Timur K. Kim, Kai Rossnagel, Philip D.C. King

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Abstract

We revisit the enduring problem of the 2×2×2 charge density wave (CDW) order in TiSe2, utilizing photon energy-dependent angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy to probe the full three-dimensional high- and low-temperature electronic structure. Our measurements demonstrate how a mismatch of dimensionality between the 3D conduction bands and the quasi-2D valence bands in this system leads to a hybridization that is strongly kz dependent. While such a momentum-selective coupling can provide the energy gain required to form the CDW, we show how additional "passenger" states remain, which couple only weakly to the CDW and thus dominate the low-energy physics in the ordered phase of TiSe2.

Original languageEnglish
Article number076404
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume122
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 22 Feb 2019

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
We thank Andrew Hunter, Deepnarayan Biswas, Akhil Rajan, Kaycee Underwood, Kerstin Hanff, and Moritz Hoesch for technical support and useful discussions. We thank Diamond Light Source for access to Beamline I05 (Proposals No. SI19771-1, No. NT18555-1, and No. SI16262-1) that contributed to the results presented here. We gratefully acknowledge support from The Leverhulme Trust (Grants No. RL-2016-006 and No. PLP-2015-144) and The Royal Society. V. S. and O. J. C. acknowledge EPSRC for PhD studentship support through Grants No. EP/L015110/1 and No. EP/K503162/1. I. M. acknowledges PhD studentship support from the IMPRS for the Chemistry and Physics of Quantum Materials.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 American Physical Society.

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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