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We solve the Weyl electron scattered by a spherical step potential barrier. Tuning the incident energy and the potential radius, one can enter both quasiclassical and quantum regimes. Transport features related to far-field currents and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-05-07 Ming Lu , Xiao-Xiao Zhang

The electronic structure of a cubic $\mathcal{T}$-symmetric Weyl semimetal is analysed in the presence of atomic-sized vacancy defects. Isolated vacancies are shown to generate nodal bound states with $r^{{\scriptscriptstyle -2}}$…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-11-04 J. P. Santos Pires , S. M. João , Aires Ferreira , B. Amorim , J. M. Viana Parente Lopes

Weyl semimetal is a recently discovered state of quantum matter, which generally possesses tilted energy dispersion. Here, we investigate the electron tunneling through a Weyl semimetal p-n-p junction. The angular dependence of electron…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-08-23 Can Yesilyurt , Seng Ghee Tan , Gengchiau Liang , Shengyuan A. Yang , Mansoor B. A. Jalil

We investigate electron transport along the surface of WTe$_2$ three-dimensional single crystals, which are characterized by coexistence of Weyl semimetal conductivity and ferroelectricity at room temperature. We find that non-linear…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-12-16 N. N. Orlova , N. S. Ryshkov , A. V. Timonina , N. N. Kolesnikov , E. V. Deviatov

A signature property of Weyl semimetals is the existence of topologically protected surface states - arcs in momentum space that connect Weyl points in the bulk. However, the presence of bulks states makes detection of surface contributions…

We show that the electrical transport across a minimal model for a time-reversal symmetry(TRS) breaking Weyl semi-metal (WSM) involving two Weyl nodes can be interpreted as an interferometer in momentum space. The interference phase depends…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-12-21 Dibya Kanti Mukherjee , Sumathi Rao , Sourin Das

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 key feature of Weyl semimetals (WSM) is the presence of topologically protected Dirac cones in a 3D material. We consider the effect of restricting geometry on the spectrum of excitations in WSM using as a model a cylindrical WSM wire.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-01-23 Mikhail Erementchouk , Pinaki Mazumder

We review recent theoretical and experimental developments in magnetic Weyl semimetals, focusing on the electromagnetic responses emerging from the interplay of their electronic band topology and magnetism. We begin by introducing the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-03-25 Akihiro Ozawa , Yasufumi Araki , Koji Kobayashi , Kentaro Nomura

We explore theoretically the magnetoresistvity of three-dimensional Weyl and Dirac semimetals in transversal magnetic fields within two alternative models of disorder: (i) short-range impurities and (ii) charged (Coulomb) impurities.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-11-11 J. Klier , I. V. Gornyi , A. D. Mirlin

Characterized by the absence of inversion symmetry, non-centrosymmetric materials are of great interest because they exhibit ferroelectricity, second harmonic generation, emergent Weyl fermions, and other fascinating phenomena. It is…

We study magnetotransport in a disordered Weyl semimetal taking into account localization effects exactly. In the vicinity of a Weyl node, a single chiral Landau level coexists with a number of conventional non-chiral levels. Disorder…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-09-13 E. Khalaf , P. M. Ostrovsky

Due to the many unique transport properties of Weyl semimetals, they are promising materials for modern electronics. We investigate the electrons in the strong coupling approximation near Weyl points based on their representation as…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-09-15 Mariya Iv. Trukhanova , Pavel Andreev

Systems with strong spin-orbit coupling, which competes with other interactions and energy scales, offer a fertile playground to explore new correlated phases of matter. Weyl semimetals are an example where the phenomenon leads to a low…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2013-05-13 Huazhou Wei , Sung-Po Chao , Vivek Aji

Due to studies in nonequilibrium (periodically-driven) topological matter, it is now understood that some topological invariants used to classify equilibrium states of matter do not suffice to describe their nonequilibrium counterparts.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-03-31 Muhammad Umer , Raditya Weda Bomantara , Jiangbin Gong

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

The interplay between magnetic ordering and band topology has emerged as a fertile ground for discovering novel quantum states with profound implications for fundamental physics and next-generation electronics. Here, we theoretically…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-05-09 Qingqing Li , Li Chen , Run-Wu Zhang , Botao Fu

The last decade has witnessed great advancements in the science and engineering of systems with unconventional band structures, seeded by studies of graphene and topological insulators. While the band structure of graphene simulates…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2013-12-09 Pavan Hosur , Xiaoliang Qi

It is necessary to study the properties of Weyl semimetal nanostructures for potential applications in nanoelectronics. Here we study the Weyl semimetal quantum dot with a most simple model Hamiltonian with only two Weyl points. We focus on…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-08-13 Zhang Shu-feng , Zhang Chang-wen , Wang Pei-ji , Sun Qing-feng

We introduce (3+1) dimensional models of short-range-interacting electrons that form a strongly correlated many-body state whose low-energy excitations are relativistic neutral fermions coupled to an emergent gauge field, $\text{QED}_{4}$.…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2018-11-21 Eran Sagi , Ady Stern , David F. Mross
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