Topological Lifshitz transitions and Fermi arc manipulation in Weyl semimetal NbAs
Abstract
Surface Fermi arcs (SFAs), the unique open Fermi-surfaces (FSs) discovered recently in topological Weyl semimetals (TWSs), are unlike closed FSs in conventional materials and can give rise to many exotic phenomena, such as anomalous SFA-mediated quantum oscillations, chiral magnetic effects, three-dimensional quantum Hall effect, non-local voltage generation and anomalous electromagnetic wave transmission. Here, by using in-situ surface decoration, we demonstrate successful manipulation of the shape, size and even the connections of SFAs in a model TWS, NbAs, and observe their evolution that leads to an unusual topological Lifshitz transition not caused by the change of the carrier concentration. The phase transition teleports the SFAs between different parts of the surface Brillouin zone. Despite the dramatic surface evolution, the existence of SFAs is robust and each SFA remains tied to a pair of Weyl points of opposite chirality, as dictated by the bulk topology.
- Authors:
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[2];
[4];
[7];
- ShanghaiTech Univ. (China); Univ. of Oxford (United Kingdom). Dept. of Physics
- Tsinghua Univ., Beijing (China)
- ShanghaiTech Univ. (China)
- Max Planck Inst. for Chemical Physics of Solids, Dresden (Germany)
- Univ. of Oxford (United Kingdom). Dept. of Physics
- Princeton Univ., NJ (United States). Dept. of Physics
- Weizmann Inst. of Science, Rehovot (Israel)
- ShanghaiTech Univ. (China); Univ. of Oxford (United Kingdom). Dept. of Physics; Tsinghua Univ., Beijing (China)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Princeton Univ., NJ (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1612427
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0016239
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Nature Communications
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 10; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2041-1723
- Publisher:
- Nature Publishing Group
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; Science & Technology
Citation Formats
Yang, H. F., Yang, L. X., Liu, Z. K., Sun, Y., Chen, C., Peng, H., Schmidt, M., Prabhakaran, D., Bernevig, B. A., Felser, C., Yan, B. H., and Chen, Y. L. Topological Lifshitz transitions and Fermi arc manipulation in Weyl semimetal NbAs. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1038/s41467-019-11491-4.
Yang, H. F., Yang, L. X., Liu, Z. K., Sun, Y., Chen, C., Peng, H., Schmidt, M., Prabhakaran, D., Bernevig, B. A., Felser, C., Yan, B. H., & Chen, Y. L. Topological Lifshitz transitions and Fermi arc manipulation in Weyl semimetal NbAs. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11491-4
Yang, H. F., Yang, L. X., Liu, Z. K., Sun, Y., Chen, C., Peng, H., Schmidt, M., Prabhakaran, D., Bernevig, B. A., Felser, C., Yan, B. H., and Chen, Y. L. Fri .
"Topological Lifshitz transitions and Fermi arc manipulation in Weyl semimetal NbAs". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11491-4. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1612427.
@article{osti_1612427,
title = {Topological Lifshitz transitions and Fermi arc manipulation in Weyl semimetal NbAs},
author = {Yang, H. F. and Yang, L. X. and Liu, Z. K. and Sun, Y. and Chen, C. and Peng, H. and Schmidt, M. and Prabhakaran, D. and Bernevig, B. A. and Felser, C. and Yan, B. H. and Chen, Y. L.},
abstractNote = {Surface Fermi arcs (SFAs), the unique open Fermi-surfaces (FSs) discovered recently in topological Weyl semimetals (TWSs), are unlike closed FSs in conventional materials and can give rise to many exotic phenomena, such as anomalous SFA-mediated quantum oscillations, chiral magnetic effects, three-dimensional quantum Hall effect, non-local voltage generation and anomalous electromagnetic wave transmission. Here, by using in-situ surface decoration, we demonstrate successful manipulation of the shape, size and even the connections of SFAs in a model TWS, NbAs, and observe their evolution that leads to an unusual topological Lifshitz transition not caused by the change of the carrier concentration. The phase transition teleports the SFAs between different parts of the surface Brillouin zone. Despite the dramatic surface evolution, the existence of SFAs is robust and each SFA remains tied to a pair of Weyl points of opposite chirality, as dictated by the bulk topology.},
doi = {10.1038/s41467-019-11491-4},
journal = {Nature Communications},
number = 1,
volume = 10,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Aug 02 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Fri Aug 02 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}
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