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DOI: https://doi.org/10.30898/1684-1719.2025.4.14

 

 

 

TOPOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF SINGLE CRYSTALS
OF SOLID SOLUTION (Cd1-xZnx)3As2 Composition x = 0.093

 

V.S. Zakhvalinskii1, A.V. Borisenko1,5, A.V. Mashirov2, A.V. Kochura3, V.V. Sobolev4

 

1Belgorod State National Research University
308015, Russia, Belgorod, Pobeda str., 85

2Kotelnikov IRE RAS
125009, Russia, Moscow, Mokhovaya str., 11, b.7

3Southwestern State University
305040, Russia, Kursk, 50th Anniversary of October str., b. 94

4Kalashnikov Izhevsk State Technical University,
308034, Russia, Izhevsk, Studencheskaya str., 5

5Putilin Belgorod Law Institute of Ministry of the Interior of Russia,
 308024, Russia, Belgorod, Gorky, str., 71

 

The paper was received March 21, 2025.

 

Abstract. The value of the cyclotron mass is determined in single crystals of a solid solution (Cd0.907Zn0.093)3As2 according to the results of a study of Shubnikov-de Haase oscillations in a transverse magnetic field. We compared the Shubnikov and Hall parameters of charge carriers. We have found a weak dependence of the cyclotron mass on the magnetic field. The parameters of charge carrier dynamics, such as concentration, Fermi wave vector, charge carrier relaxation time, velocity of charge carriers on the Fermi surface, and average free path of charge carriers were determined. We have determined the value of the Dingle temperature TD = 21.2 K. We have established that the dependence of the cyclotron mass on the Fermi wave vector kF, obtained from experimentally observed Shubnikov-de Haase oscillations, agrees well with the linear dependence predicted by the theory. The dependence of the cyclotron mass on the Fermi wave vector kF and the appearance of the Landau fan diagram indicate the presence of Dirac fermions with near-zero effective mass in single crystals (Cd0.907Zn0.093)3As2.

Key words: Shubnikov-de Haase effect, Dirac fermions, zinc arsenide, cadmium arsenide.

Corresponding author: Borisenko Alexander Vasilyevich, borisenko02.94@mail.ru

 

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For citation:

Zakhvalinskii V.S., Borisenko A.V., Mashirov A.V., Kochura A.V., Sobolev V.V. Topological properties of single crystals of solid solution (Cd1-xZnx)3As2 composition X = 0.093. // Journal of Radio Electronics. – 2025. – ¹. 4. https://doi.org/10.30898/1684-1719.2025.4.14 (In Russian)