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Superconductivity was observed in certain range of pressure and chemical composition in Weyl semi-metals of both the type I and type II (when the Dirac cone tilt parameter $\kappa >1$). Magnetic properties of these superconductors are…

Superconductivity · Physics 2018-04-18 Baruch Rosenstein , B. Ya. Shapiro , Dingping Li , I. Shapiro

Magnetism in Weyl semimetals is desired to investigate the interaction between the magnetic moments and Weyl fermions, e.g. to explore anomalous quantum Hall phenomena. Here we demonstrate that proton irradiation is an effective tool to…

Recent breakthrough in search for the analogs of fundamental particles in condensed matter systems lead to experimental realizations of 3D Dirac and Weyl semimetals. Weyl state can be hosted either by non-centrosymmetric or magnetic…

Quasi-two dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (TMD) exhibit dramatic properties that may transform electronic and photonic devices. We report on how the anomalously large magnetoresistance (MR) observed under high magnetic field in…

Materials Science · Physics 2017-12-21 Junjie Yang , Jonathan Colen , Jun Liu , Manh Cuong Nguyen , Gia-Wei Chern , Despina Louca

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…

Topological Weyl semimetals (WSM), a new state of quantum matter with gapless nodal bulk spectrum and open Fermi arc surface states, have recently sparked enormous interest in condensed matter physics. Based on the symmetry and fermiology,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-01-19 Subhodip Saha , Sumanta Tewari

Recently, the topological nature of an antiferromagnet YbMnBi2 has been controversial. YbMnBi2 is regarded as a candidate of Type-II Weyl semimetals with magnetic moments of Mn atoms canting about 10{\deg} in some studies but as a Dirac…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-04-11 Xiao-Sheng Ni , Cui-Qun Chen , Dao-Xin Yao , Yusheng Hou

The discovery of Weyl and Dirac semimetals has produced a number of dramatic physical effects, including the chiral anomaly and topological Fermi arc surface states. We point out that a very different but no less dramatic physical effect is…

Materials Science · Physics 2018-07-09 Haiwen Liu , Hua Jiang , Ziqiang Wang , Robert Joynt , X. C. Xie

Following the discovery of topological insulators (TIs), topological Dirac/Weyl semimetal has attracted much recent interest. A prevailing mechanism for the formation of Weyl points is by breaking time-reversal symmetry (TRS) or spatial…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-05-23 Yinong Zhou , Kyung-Hwan Jin , Huaqing Huang , Zhengfei Wang , Feng Liu

Using both an effective three-band model and {\it ab initio} calculations, we have investigated various topological features in the cubic ferromagnetic $5d^{1,2}$ systems showing large spin-orbit coupling (SOC): Ba$_2$NaOsO$_6$,…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-07-29 Young-Joon Song , K. -W. Lee

Tantalum arsenide, TaAs, is a prime example of a topological semimetal with two types of Weyl nodes, W1 and W2, whose bulk signatures have proven elusive. We apply Landau level spectroscopy to crystals with multiple facets and identify --…

Topological semimetals (TSMs) including Weyl semimetals and nodal-line semimetals are expected to open the next frontier of condensed matter and materials science. Although the first inversion breaking Weyl semimetal was recently discovered…

Weyl fermions can be created in materials with both time reversal and inversion symmetry by applying a magnetic field, as evidenced by recent measurements of anomalous negative magnetoresistance. Here, we do a thorough analysis of the Weyl…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-05-17 Jennifer Cano , Barry Bradlyn , Zhijun Wang , Max Hirschberger , N. P. Ong , B. A. Bernevig

In rare-earth monopnictides like NdBi, the interplay between magnetism and topology results in an extremely unusual topological semimetal phase which simultaneously hosts Weyl points with Fermi arcs as well as massive and massless Dirac…

Recently a large negative longitudinal (parallel to the magnetic field) magnetoresistance was observed in Weyl and Dirac semimetals. It is believed to be related to the chiral anomaly associated with topological electron band structure of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-01-17 A. V. Andreev , B. Z. Spivak

Magnetic Weyl semimetals are expected to have extraordinary physical properties such as a chiral anomaly and large anomalous Hall effects that may be useful for future, potential, spintronics applications. However, in most known host…

Berry curvature in Weyl semimetals results in very intriguing magneto-electric and magneto-thermal transport properties. In this paper, we explore the impact of the tilting of the Weyl nodes, which breaks the time-reversal symmetry, on the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-02-13 Kamal Das , Amit Agarwal

Hall effect of topological quantum materials often reveals essential new physics and possesses potential for application. Magnetic Weyl semimetal is one especially interesting example that hosts an interplay between the spontaneous…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-10-18 Xiao-Xiao Zhang , Naoto Nagaosa

TiSe$_2$ is a typical transition-metal dichalcogenide known for its charge-density wave order. In this study, we report the observation of an unusual anisotropic negative magnetoresistance in exfoliated TiSe$_2$ nanoflakes at low…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-01-01 Xiaocui Wang , Yang Yang , Yongkai Li , Guangtong Liu , Junxi Duan , Zhiwei Wang , Li Lu , Fan Yang

We design sub-wavelength high-performing non-reciprocal optical devices using recently discovered magnetic Weyl semimetals. These passive bulk topological materials exhibit anomalous Hall effect which results in magnetooptical effects that…

Optics · Physics 2020-10-09 Viktar Asadchy , Cheng Guo , Bo Zhao , Shanhui Fan