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Two-Dimensional Type-Ii Dirac Fermions In A Laalo3/Lanio3/Laalo3 Quantum Well, L. L. Tao, Evgeny Y. Tsymbal
Two-Dimensional Type-Ii Dirac Fermions In A Laalo3/Lanio3/Laalo3 Quantum Well, L. L. Tao, Evgeny Y. Tsymbal
Evgeny Tsymbal Publications
The type-II Dirac fermions that are characterized by a tilted Dirac cone and anisotropic magnetotransport properties have been recently proposed theoretically and confirmed experimentally. Here, we predict the emergence of two-dimensional (2D) type-II Dirac fermions in LaAlO3/LaNiO3/LaAlO3 quantum-well structures. Using first-principles calculations and model analyses, we show that the Dirac points are formed at the crossing between the dx2−y2 and dz2 bands protected by the mirror symmetry. The energy position of the Dirac points can be tuned to appear at the Fermi energy by changing the quantum-well width. For …