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Large Magnetoresistance in Compensated Semimetals TaAs₂ and NbAs₂

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arxiv 1601.06482 v1 pith:4Z7JAKUB submitted 2016-01-25 cond-mat.mtrl-sci

Large Magnetoresistance in Compensated Semimetals TaAs₂ and NbAs₂

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We report large magnetoresistance (MR) at low temperatures in single-crystalline nonmagnetic compounds TaAs$_2$ and NbAs$_2$. Both compounds exhibit parabolic-field-dependent MR larger than $5\times10^3$ in a magnetic field of 9 Tesla at 2 K. The MR starts to deviate from parabolic dependence above 10 T and intends to be saturated in 45 T for TaAs$_2$ at 4.2 K. The Hall resistance measurements and band structural calculations reveal their compensated semimetal characteristics. The large MR at low temperatures is ascribed to a resonance effect of the balanced electrons and holes with large mobilities. We also discuss the relation of the MR and samples' quality for TaAs$_2$ and other semimetals. We found that the magnitudes of MR are strongly dependent on the samples' quality for different compounds.

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