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We review our recent works on the quantum transport, mainly in topological semimetals and also in topological insulators, organized according to the strength of the magnetic field. At weak magnetic fields, we explain the negative…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-05-07 Hai-Peng Sun , Hai-Zhou Lu

Recently, Weyl semimetals have been experimentally discovered in both inversion-symmetry-breaking and time-reversal-symmetry-breaking crystals. The non-trivial topology in Weyl semimetals can manifest itself with exotic phenomena which have…

Weyl semimetals are expected to open up new horizons in physics and materials science because they provide the first realization of Weyl fermions and exhibit protected Fermi arc surface states. However, they had been found to be extremely…

Weyl degeneracies in spectra of magnetoplasma waves enable nonreciprocal energy flow and topologically protected modes, yet conventional materials require impractical magnetic fields to operate. Developing an effective Hamiltonian framework…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-01-16 Yuanzhao Wang , Oleg V. Kotov , Dmitry K. Efimkin

We theoretically address the effects of strong magnetic fields in three-dimensional Weyl semimetals (WSMs) built out of Weyl nodes with a monopole charge $n$. For $n=1$, $2$, and $3$ we realize single, double, and triple WSM, respectively,…

Materials Science · Physics 2016-11-29 Xiao Li , Bitan Roy , S. Das Sarma

Topological materials, such as topological insulators or semimetals, usually not only reveal the nontrivial properties of their electronic wavefunctions through the appearance of stable boundary modes, but also through very specific…

Weyl semimetals (WSMs) are three-dimensional topological materials that exhibit fascinating properties due to the presence of Weyl nodes in their band structure. However, existing WSMs discovered so far often possess multiple pairs of Weyl…

Quantum materials governed by emergent topological fermions have become a cornerstone of physics. Dirac fermions in graphene form the basis for moir\'e quantum matter, and Dirac fermions in magnetic topological insulators enabled the…

Thus far, a detection of the Dirac or Weyl fermions in topological semimetals remains often elusive, since in these materials conventional charge carriers exist as well. Here, measuring a field-induced length change of the prototype Weyl…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-08-09 T. Cichorek , L. Bochenek , J. Juraszek , Yu. V. Sharlai , G. P. Mikitik

In the rapidly expanding field of topological materials there is growing interest in systems whose topological electronic band features can be induced or controlled by magnetism. Magnetic Weyl semimetals, which contain linear band crossings…

Weyl semimetals (WSMs) are topological quantum states wherein the electronic bands linearly disperse around pairs of nodes, the Weyl points, of fixed (left or right) chirality. The recent discovery of WSM materials triggered an experimental…

Topological Dirac and Weyl semimetals have an energy spectrum that hosts Weyl nodes appearing in pairs of opposite chirality. Topological stability is ensured when the nodes are separated in momentum space and unique spectral and transport…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-12-13 Adolfo G. Grushin , Jorn W. F. Venderbos , Ashvin Vishwanath , Roni Ilan

The recent discoveries of Dirac fermions in graphene and on the surface of topological insulators have ignited worldwide interest in physics and materials science. A Weyl semimetal is an unusual crystal where electrons also behave as…

We theoretically study the band structure and the electronic transport in the Weyl semimetal nanowires in magnetic fields, and demonstrate that the interplay of the Fermi-arc surface states and the bulk Landau levels plays a crucial role in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-05-24 Akira Igarashi , Mikito Koshino

Recently discovered Weyl semimetals (WSM) have found special place in topological condensed matter studies for they represent first example of massless Weyl fermions found in condensed matter systems. A WSM shows gapless bulk energy spectra…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2021-02-23 Satyaki Kar , Arun M Jayannavar

Following the intense studies on topological insulators, significant efforts have recently been devoted to the search for gapless topological systems. These materials not only broaden the topological classification of matter but also…

The recent discovery of Weyl fermions in solids enables exploitation of relativistic physics and development of a spectrum of intriguing physical phenomena. They are constituted of pairs of Weyl points with two-fold band degeneracy, which…

Magnetic Weyl semimetal (MWS) is a unique topological state with open surface Fermi arc states and other exotic transport phenomena. However, most reported MWSs show multiple pairs of Weyl points and complicated Fermi surfaces, which…

Weyl semimetals are three-dimensional topological states of matter, in a sense that they host paired monopoles and antimonopoles of Berry curvature in momentum space, leading to the chiral anomaly. The chiral anomaly has long been believed…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-26 Hai-Zhou Lu , Song-Bo Zhang , Shun-Qing Shen

Magnetic Weyl semimetal (WSM) is of great importance both for fundamental physics and potential applications due to its spontaneous magnetism, robust band topology, and enhanced Berry curvature. It possesses many unique quantum effects,…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-09-15 Yuefang Hu , Changming Yue , Danwen Yuan , Jiacheng Gao , Zhigao Huang , Zhong Fang , Chen Fang , Hongming Weng , Wei Zhang