Optical investigation of topological semimetal SrMnSb_2

We investigate the temperature-dependent infrared spectroscopy of SrMnSb_2, which is a semimetal with multiple Fermi surfaces. A notable blue shift of the plasma minimum in reflectivity upon cooling indicates that the carrier density varies with temperature. In the real part of the optical conductivity σ_1(ω), a linearly-increased component which extrapolates to zero conductivity at finite frequency has been identified, which suggests dispersion of gapped Dirac band structures near the Fermi level. A two-Drude model, representing two different types of carriers, is introduced to describe the real part of optical conductivity. We separate the contributions of two-Drude model in dc conductivity, and demonstrate that the transport properties of SrMnSb_2 are mainly affected by the narrow-Drude quasiparticles. Compared with the similar phenomena observed in CaMnSb_2 and SrMnBi_2, we can infer that the two-Drude model is an appropriate approach to investigate the multiband materials in AMnSb_2 and AMnBi_2 families.