Using angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy we demonstrate that a normal-state pseudogap exists above TN-IC in one of the most studied two-dimensional charge-density wave (CDW) dichalcogenides 2H-TaSe2. The initial formation of the incommensurate CDW is confirmed as being driven by a conventional nesting instability, which is marked by a pseudogap. The magnitude, character, and anisotropy of the 2D-CDW pseudogap bear considerable resemblance to those seen in superconducting cuprates.
László Forró, Henrik Moodysson Rønnow, Jeremy Luterbacher, Endre Horvath, Jan Hugo Dil, Luka Ciric, Bálint Náfrádi, Stefan Peter Muff, Andrew Patton Weber, Márton Kollár, Benjamin Pierre Le Monnier
Maryna Viazovska, Helmuth Berger