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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

We employed the self-consistent method on a two-orbital type-II time-reversal-symmetric Weyl semimetal, revealing a hybrid pairing of singlet $s$-wave and triplet $p$-wave. We present a detailed analysis of the normal-state electronic…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-03-02 Junkang Huang , Z. D. Wang , Tao Zhou

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…

With electron and hole pockets touching at the Weyl node, type-II Weyl semimetal is a newly proposed topological state distinct from its type-I cousin. We numerically study the localization effect for tilted type-I as well as type-II Weyl…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-06-09 Yijia Wu , Haiwen Liu , Hua Jiang , X. C. Xie

We demonstrate a tunable Dirac-Weyl semimetal phase in two dimensions, realized by introducing in-plane d-wave altermagnetism into a Dirac system. This phase hosts both a central Dirac point and momentumseparated Weyl points connected by…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-01-27 Lizhou Liu , Qing-Feng Sun , Ying-Tao Zhang

We propose a different route to time-reversal invariant Weyl semimetals employing multilayer heterostructures comprising ordinary "trivial" insulators and nontrivial insulators with \textit{pairs} of protected Dirac cones on the surface. We…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-09-13 Alexander Lau , Carmine Ortix

In time-reversal symmetry-broken Weyl semimetals, Weyl points act as monopoles and antimonopoles of the Berry curvature, with a monopole-antimonopole pair producing a net zero Berry flux. The two-dimensional (2D) planes that separate a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-03-29 Alexander C. Tyner , Shouvik Sur

A two-dimensional (2D) Weyl semimetal featuring a spin-polarized linear band dispersion and a nodal Fermi surface is a new topological phase of matter. It is a solid-state realization of Weyl fermions in an intrinsic 2D system. The…

We propose two complementary design principles for engineering three-dimensional (3D) Weyl semimetals and superconductors in a layer-by-layer setup which includes even and odd parity orbitals in alternating layers - dubbed orbital selective…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-07-31 Tanmoy Das

In this work, we propose a ferromagnetic Bi$_2$Se$_3$ as a candidate to hold the coexistence of Weyl- and nodal-line semimetal phases, which breaks the time reversal symmetry. We demonstrate that the type-I Weyl semimetal phase, type-I-,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-12-08 M. N. Chen , W. C. Chen , Yu Zhou

For first-order topological semimetals, non-Hermitian perturbations can drive the Weyl nodes into Weyl exceptional rings having multiple topological structures and no Hermitian counterparts. Recently, it was discovered that higher-order…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-11-11 Tao Liu , James Jun He , Zhongmin Yang , Franco Nori

We propose a 3D topolectrical (TE) network that can be tuned to realize various higher-order topological gapless and chiral phases. We first study a higher-order Dirac semimetal phase that exhibits a hinge-like Fermi arc linking the Dirac…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-02-28 S. M. Rafi-Ul-Islam , Zhuo Bin Siu , Haydar Sahin , Mansoor B. A. Jalil

The interplay of electronic band structures and electron-electron interactions is known to brew new phases in condensed matter. In this paper, we investigate thermodynamic phases and corresponding electronic structures of the Weyl semimetal…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2016-09-22 Liang-Jun Zhai , Po-Hao Chou , Chung-Yu Mou

Three-dimensional (3D) topological Weyl semimetals (TWSs) represent a novel state of quantum matter with unusual electronic structures that resemble both a "3D graphene" and a topological insulator by possessing pairs of Weyl points…

Weyl and Dirac semimetals are three dimensional phases of matter with gapless electronic excitations that are protected by topology and symmetry. As three dimensional analogs of graphene, they have generated much recent interest. Deep…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2018-01-31 N. P. Armitage , E. J. Mele , Ashvin Vishwanath

We systematically investigate the properties of bulk, surface and edge plasmons in Weyl semimetals in presence of a magnetic field. It is found that unidirectional plasmons with different properties exist on different surfaces, which is in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-12-08 Furu Zhang , Yang Gao , Wei Zhang

The noncentrosymmetric Td-WTe$_2$, previously known as a type-II Weyl semimetal, is expected to have higher order topological phases with topologically protected, helical one-dimensional (1D) hinge states when their scarcely separated Weyl…

We study the generic band structures of the five-dimensional (5D) Weyl semimetal, in which the band degeneracies are 2D Weyl surfaces in the momentum space, and may have non-trivial linkings with each other if they carry nonzero second…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-10-01 Jing-Yuan Chen , Biao Lian , Shou-Cheng Zhang

Integrating real-space topological spin textures with momentum-space topological electronic states within a single altermagnetic system has remained a persistent challenge. Here, we introduce a symmetry-locked bilayer altermagnet that…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-03-03 Shuo Zhang , Zijie Fu , Lixiu Guan , Yirui Du , Linyang Li , Junguang Tao

Topological Weyl semimetals represent a novel class of non-trivial materials, where band crossings with linear dispersions take place at generic momenta across reciprocal space. These crossings give rise to low-energy properties akin to…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-02-12 Davide Grassano , Nicola Marzari , Davide Campi