Chiral Electronics
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
2013-09-18 v2 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
We consider the properties of electric circuits involving Weyl semimetals. The existence of the anomaly-induced chiral magnetic current in a Weyl semimetal subjected to magnetic field causes an interesting and unusual behavior of such circuits. We consider two explicit examples: i) a circuit involving the "chiral battery" and ii) a circuit that can be used as a "quantum amplifier" of magnetic field. The unique properties of these circuits stem from the chiral anomaly and may be utilized for creating "chiral electronic" devices.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1207.0477,
title = {Chiral Electronics},
author = {Dmitri E. Kharzeev and Ho-Ung Yee},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1207.0477},
year = {2013}
}
Comments
5 pages, 2 figures; final version to appear in Physical Review B