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Topological Phase in Non-centrosymmetric Material NaSnBi*

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, , Citation Xia Dai et al 2016 Chinese Phys. Lett. 33 127301 DOI 10.1088/0256-307X/33/12/127301

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Abstract

We predict that a non-centrosymmetric material NaSnBi locates in a three-dimensional non-trivial topological phase under ambient pressure based on first-principle calculations. By deriving the effective model around the Γ point, we find that the topological phase transition is driven by a Rashba spin-orbital coupling through an odd number of pairs of band touch due to a small anisotropic gap caused by quintic dispersion terms. In contrast to conventional topological insulators, the spin texture of the surface Dirac cone is right-handed and the surface states are strikingly different for different surface terminations.

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10.1088/0256-307X/33/12/127301