first-principles calculation and a tight binding method. An anisotropic Dirac dispersion is
induced by the checkerboard arrangement of A atoms above and below the Bi square net in
A MnBi 2. SrMnBi 2 and CaMnBi 2 have a different kind of Dirac dispersion due to the
different stacking of nearby A layers, where each Sr (Ca) of one side appears at the
coincident (staggered) xy position of the same element at the other side. Using the tight …