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Floquet multi-Weyl points in crossing-nodal-line semimetals

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2017-09-05 v2 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Materials Science Quantum Gases Optics

Abstract

Weyl points with monopole charge ±1\pm 1 have been extensively studied, however, real materials of multi-Weyl points, whose monopole charges are higher than 11, have yet to be found. In this Rapid Communication, we show that nodal-line semimetals with nontrivial line connectivity provide natural platforms for realizing Floquet multi-Weyl points. In particular, we show that driving crossing nodal lines by circularly polarized light generates double-Weyl points. Furthermore, we show that monopole combination and annihilation can be observed in crossing-nodal-line semimetals and nodal-chain semimetals. These proposals can be experimentally verified in pump-probe angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy.

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@article{arxiv.1705.03056,
  title  = {Floquet multi-Weyl points in crossing-nodal-line semimetals},
  author = {Zhongbo Yan and Zhong Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1705.03056},
  year   = {2017}
}

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11 pages, 6 figures, including supplemental material. Published version