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Weyl semimetals exhibit exceptional quantum electronic transport due to the presence of topologically-protected band crossings called Weyl nodes. The nodes come in pairs with opposite chirality, but their number and location in momentum…

Recently discussed topological materials Weyl-semimetals (WSs) combine both: high electron mobility comparable with graphene and unique topological protection of Dirac points. We present novel results related to electromagnetic field…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-04-28 Nikolay M. Chtchelkatchev , Oleg L. Berman , Roman Ya. Kezerashvili , Yurii E. Lozovik

We theoretically investigate ferromagnetic ordering in magnetically doped solid-solution narrow-gap semiconductors with the strong spin-orbit interaction such as Cr-doped Bi$_2$(Se$_x$Te$_{1-x}$)$_3$. We compute the spontaneous…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-04-13 Daichi Kurebayashi , Kentaro Nomura

When the right and the left handed Weyl points are separated in energy, they give rise to a non-dissipative charge current along the direction of a uniform applied magnetic field, even in the absence of an external electric field. This…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-11-13 Pallab Goswami , Sumanta Tewari

We demonstrate that chirality of the electron scattering in Weyl semimetals leads to the formation of magnetic chemical bonds for molecular states of a pair of impurities. The effect is associated with the presence of time-reversal symmetry…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-09-10 Y. Marques , W. N. Mizobata , R. S. Oliveira , M. de Souza , M. S. Figueira , I. A. Shelykh , A. C. Seridonio

In ultra-thin film of topological insulator, the hybridization between the top and bottom surfaces opens an energy gap and forms two degenerate quantum anomalous Hall states, which give rise to a quantum spin Hall state. In this paper, we…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2016-05-10 S. A. Owerre

We experimentally compare two types of interface structures with magnetic and non-magnetic Weyl semimetals. They are the junctions between a gold normal layer and magnetic Weyl semimetal Ti$_2$MnAl, and a ferromagnetic nickel layer and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-04-28 V. D. Esin , D. N. Borisenko , N. N. Kolesnikov , E. V. Deviatov

Recently discovered Dirac semimetals (DSMs) with two Dirac nodes, such as Na$_{3}$Bi and Cd$_{2}$As$_{3}$, are regarded to carry the $\mathbb{Z}_{2}$ topological charge in addition to the chiral charge. Here, we study the Floquet phase…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-11-20 Xiao-Shi Li , Chen Wang , Ming-Xun Deng , Hou-Jian Duan , Pei-Hao Fu , Rui-Qiang Wang , L. Sheng , D. Y. Xing

We study the current-induced torques in asymmetric magnetic tunnel junctions containing a conventional ferromagnet and a magnetic Weyl semimetal contact. The Weyl semimetal hosts chiral bulk states and topologically protected Fermi arc…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-06-16 D. J. P. de Sousa , Fei Xue , J. P. Wang , P. M. Haney , Tony Low

Recent theoretical and experimental attemps have been successful in finding magnetic Weyl semimetal phases, which show both nodal-point structure in the electronic bands and magnetic orders. Beyond uniform ferromagnetic or antiferromagnetic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-10-18 Yasufumi Araki

Based on irreducible representations (or symmetry eigenvalues) and compatibility relations, a material can be predicted to be a topological/trivial insulator [satisfying compatibility relations] or a topological semimetal [violating…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-02-23 Jiacheng Gao , Yuting Qian , Simin Nie , Zhong Fang , Hongming Weng , Zhijun Wang

We report the electrical transport properties for Weyl semimetal TaAs in an intense magnetic field. Series of anomalies occur in the longitudinal magnetoresistance and Hall signals at ultra-low temperatures when the Weyl electrons are…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-01-24 Cheng-Long Zhang , Bingbing Tong , Zhujun Yuan , Ziquan Lin , Junfeng Wang , Jinglei Zhang , Chuan-Ying Xi , Zhong Wang , Shuang Jia , Chi Zhang

Weyl semimetals typically appear in systems in which either time-reversal (T) or inversion (P}) symmetry are broken. Here we show that in the presence of gauge potentials these topological states of matter can also arise in fermionic…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2016-08-08 L. Lepori , I. C. Fulga , A. Trombettoni , M. Burrello

Magnetic topological materials represent a class of compounds whose properties are strongly influenced by the topology of the electronic wavefunctions coupled with the magnetic spin configuration. Such materials can support chiral…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-03-08 B. Andrei Bernevig , Claudia Felser , Haim Beidenkopf

How strong correlations and topology interplay is a topic of great current interest. In this perspective paper, we focus on correlation-driven gapless phases. We take the time-reversal symmetric Weyl semimetal as an example because it is…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-08-02 Diana M. Kirschbaum , Monika Lužnik , Gwenvredig Le Roy , Silke Paschen

Currently, there is a flurry of research interest on materials with an unconventional electronic structure, and we have already seen significant progress in their understanding and engineering towards real-life applications. The interest…

The interplay between electronic interactions and strong spin-orbit coupling is expected to create a plethora of fascinating correlated topological states of quantum matter. Of particular interest are magnetic Weyl semimetals originally…

We demonstrate a few unique dynamical properties of point-gap Weyl semimetal, an intrinsic non-Hermitian topological phase in three dimensions. We consider a concrete model where a pair of Weyl points reside on the imaginary axis of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-09-20 Haiping Hu , Erhai Zhao , W. Vincent Liu

We propose a simple realization of the three-dimensional (3D) Weyl semimetal phase, utilizing a multilayer structure, composed of identical thin films of a magnetically-doped 3D topological insulator (TI), separated by ordinary-insulator…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-05-29 A. A. Burkov , Leon Balents

We report the discovery of a time-reversal symmetric Weyl semimetal obtained by modifying a model Hamiltonian describing the electronic properties of conventional alkali metals. The artificially generated Weyl semimetal features four…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-06-11 Joseba Goikoetxea , Jorge Bravo-Abad , Jaime Merino