MoTe2: An uncompensated semimetal with extremely large magnetoresistance
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Transition-metal dichalcogenides (${\mathrm{WTe}}_{2}$ and ${\mathrm{MoTe}}_{2}$) have recently drawn much attention, because of the nonsaturating extremely large magnetoresistance (XMR) observed in these compounds in addition to the predictions of likely type-II Weyl semimetals. Contrary to the topological insulators or Dirac semimetals where XMR is linearly dependent on the field, in ${\mathrm{WTe}}_{2}$ and ${\mathrm{MoTe}}_{2}$ the XMR is nonlinearly dependent on the field, suggesting an entirely different mechanism. Electron-hole compensation has been proposed as a mechanism of this nonsaturating XMR in ${\mathrm{WTe}}_{2}$, while it is yet to be clear in the case of ${\mathrm{MoTe}}_{2}$ which has an identical crystal structure of ${\mathrm{WTe}}_{2}$ at low temperatures. In this Rapid Communication, we report low-energy electronic structure and Fermi surface topology of ${\mathrm{MoTe}}_{2}$ using angle-resolved photoemission spectrometry (ARPES) technique and first-principles calculations, and compare them with that of ${\mathrm{WTe}}_{2}$ to understand the mechanism of XMR. Our measurements demonstrate that ${\mathrm{MoTe}}_{2}$ is an uncompensated semimetal, contrary to ${\mathrm{WTe}}_{2}$ in which compensated electron-hole pockets have been identified, ruling out the applicability of charge compensation theory for the nonsaturating XMR in ${\mathrm{MoTe}}_{2}$. In this context, we also discuss the applicability of other existing conjectures on the XMR of these compounds.
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