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We show the presence of Floquet-Weyl and Floquet-topological-insulator phases in a stacked two-dimensional ring-network lattice. The Weyl points in the three-dimensional Brillouin zone and Fermi-arc surface states are clearly demonstrated…

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We suggest that exotic sphere fibrations can be mapped to band topologies in condensed matter systems. These fibrations can correspond to geometric phases of two double bands or state vector bases with second Chern numbers m+n and -n…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2013-07-19 Hai Lin , Shing-Tung Yau

For the solid state physics, recent interest to topological systems is mostly connected with topological semimetals, in particular, to Weyl ones as the most representative semimetal type. Like other topological materials, e.g. topological…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-05-22 E. V. Deviatov

Hopf insulators represent an exceptional class of topological matter unanticipated by the periodic table of topological invariants. These systems point to the existence of previously unexplored states of matter with unconventional topology.…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-12-19 Konstantinos Ladovrechis , Shouvik Sur

Two-dimensional topologically distinct insulators are separated by topological gapless points, which exist as Weyl points in three-dimensional momentum space. Slowly varying parameters in the two-dimensional Hamiltonian across two distinct…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2019-05-29 Yong Xu , Ying Hu

We investigate the tunneling conductance of Weyl semimetal with tilted energy dispersion by considering electron transmission through a p-n-p junction with one-dimensional electric and magnetic barrier. In the presence of both electric and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-07-21 Can Yesilyurt , Seng Ghee Tan , Gengchiau Liang , Mansoor B. A. Jalil

In this work, we investigate the emergence of Weyl points in an inversion symmetry-breaking 1T-NiTe$_2$ system. Through first-principles calculations based on the density functional theory combined with tight-binding methods, we find three…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-03-19 Marcos G. O. Junior , Augusto L. Araújo , Emmanuel V. C. Lopes , Tome M. Schmidt

We study Weyl semimetals in the presence of generic disorder, consisting of a random vector potential as well as a random scalar potential. We derive renormalization group flow equations to second order in the disorder strength. These flow…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-12-14 Björn Sbierski , Kevin S. C. Decker , Piet W. Brouwer

We investigate the dependence of the photogalvanic response of a multi-Weyl semimetal on its topological charge, tilt, and chemical potential. We derive analytical expressions for the shift and injection conductivities for tilted charge-$n$…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-01-17 Arpit Raj , Swati Chaudhary , Gregory A. Fiete

Weyl semimetals host topologically protected surface states, the so-called Fermi arcs, that have a penetration depth into the bulk that depends on surface-momentum, and diverges at the Weyl points. It has recently been observed in PtBi$_2$…

Superconductivity · Physics 2025-09-12 Mattia Trama , Viktor Könye , Ion Cosma Fulga , Jeroen van den Brink

Topological semimetals are gapless states of matter which have robust and unique electromagnetic responses and surface states. In this paper, we consider semimetals which have point like Fermi surfaces in various spatial dimensions…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-08-12 Srinidhi T. Ramamurthy , Taylor L. Hughes

Time-reversal invariant topological superconductors are a new state of matter which have a bulk superconducting gap and robust Majorana fermion surface states. These have not yet been realized in solid state systems. In this paper, we…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2014-07-30 Pavan Hosur , Xi Dai , Zhong Fang , Xiao-Liang Qi

We theoretically study the magnetoconductivity of the Weyl semimetal having a surface boundary under $E$ || $B$ geometry and demonstrate that the topological surface state plays an essential role in the magnetotransport. In the long-range…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-06-20 Yuya Ominato , Mikito Koshino

We review recent theoretical progress in the understanding and prediction of novel topological semimetals. Topological semimetals define a class of gapless electronic phases exhibiting topologically stable crossings of energy bands.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-09-04 Heng Gao , Jörn W. F. Venderbos , Youngkuk Kim , Andrew M. Rappe

A Weyl semimetal is a three dimensional topological gapless phase. In the presence of strong enough disorder it undergoes a quantum transition towards a diffusive metal phase whose universality class depends on the range of disorder…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2019-10-18 Eric Brillaux , David Carpentier , Andrei A. Fedorenko

Two-dimensional (2D) magnetic materials hosting nontrivial topological states are interesting for fundamental research as well as practical applications. Recently, the topological state of 2D Weyl half-semimetal (WHS) was proposed, which…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-03-08 Yalong Jiao , Xu-Tao Zeng , Cong Chen , Zhen Gao , Xian-Lei Sheng , Shengyuan A. Yang

We construct a generic two-band model which can describe topological Weyl semimetals with multiple closed Weyl loops. All the existing multi-Weyl-loop semimetals including the nodal-net, or nodal-chain and Hopf-link states can be examined…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-04-25 Yao Zhou , Feng Xiong , Xiangang Wan , Jin An

Topological semimetals, such as Dirac, Weyl, or line-node semimetals, are gapless states of matter characterized by their nodal band structures and surface states. In this work, we consider layered (topologically trivial) insulating systems…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-05-12 Saavanth Velury , Taylor L. Hughes

Weyl semimetals are arguably the most paradigmatic form of a gapless topological phase. While the stability of Weyl nodes, as quantified by their topological charge, has been extensively investigated, recent interest has shifted to the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-01-21 Siyu Chen , Adrien Bouhon , Robert-Jan Slager , Bartomeu Monserrat

Weakly and strongly interacting quantum many-body systems, namely semiconductors and Mott insulators, are combined into a layered heterostructure. Via the hierarchy of correlations, we derive and match the propagating quasi-particle…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-05-28 Jan Verlage , Peter Kratzer