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The discovery of extreme magnetoresistance (MR) in nonmagnetic materials attracted attention to WTe2 semimetal. We studied MR in a single crystal of tungsten ditelluride in the range of magnetic fields up to 14 T. MR increased with increasing field following a close-to-quadratic law without saturation. The Shubnikov–de Haas oscillations were observed. Four fundamental frequencies were found in the oscillation spectrum, which correspond to two electron and two hole pockets, caused by strong spin–orbit coupling.
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This study was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, project no. 19-57-52001 MNT-a. The crystal growth was performed within the State assignment of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation (“Spin” subject, no. АААА-А18-118020290104-2) and supported in part by the Government of the Russian Federation (order no. 211, contract no. 02.A03.21.0006).
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Pirozerskii, A.L., Charnaya, E.V., Lee, M.K. et al. Magnetoresistance and Quantum Oscillations in WTe2 Semimetal. Phys. Solid State 64, 80–84 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063783422010152
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