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Title: Topological Hopf and Chain Link Semimetal States and Their Application to Co 2 Mn G a

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters
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  1. National Univ. of Singapore (Singapore)
  2. Princeton Univ., NJ (United States)
  3. National Sun Yat-sen Univ., Kaohsiung (Taiwan)
  4. Northeastern Univ., Boston, MA (United States)
  5. Princeton Univ., NJ (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Topological semimetals can be classified by the connectivity and dimensionality of the band crossings in momentum space. The band crossings of a Dirac, Weyl, or an unconventional fermion semimetal are zero-dimensional (0D) points, whereas the band crossings of a nodal-line semimetal are one-dimensional (1D) closed loops. Here we propose that the presence of perpendicular crystalline mirror planes can protect three-dimensional (3D) band crossings characterized by nontrivial links such as a Hopf link or a coupled chain, giving rise to a variety of new types of topological semimetals. We show that the nontrivial winding number protects topological surface states distinct from those in previously known topological semimetals with a vanishing spin-orbit interaction. We also show that these nontrivial links can be engineered by tuning the mirror eigenvalues associated with the perpendicular mirror planes. Using first-principles band structure calculations, we predict the ferromagnetic full Heusler compound Co2MnGa as a candidate. Here, both Hopf link and chainlike bulk band crossings and unconventional topological surface states are identified.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-05CH11231; FG02-07ER46352
OSTI ID:
1544365
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1399297
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters, Vol. 119, Issue 15; ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 44 works
Citation information provided by
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