Topology and geometry under the nonlinear electromagnetic spotlight

Q Ma, AG Grushin, KS Burch - Nature materials, 2021 - nature.com
For many materials, a precise knowledge of their dispersion spectra is insufficient to predict
their ordered phases and physical responses. Instead, these materials are classified by the …

Recent progress in the theory of bulk photovoltaic effect

Z Dai, AM Rappe - Chemical Physics Reviews, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The bulk photovoltaic effect (BPVE) occurs in solids with broken inversion symmetry and
refers to DC generation due to uniform illumination, without the need of heterostructures or …

Origin of charge density wave in the kagome metal as revealed by optical spectroscopy

X Zhou, Y Li, X Fan, J Hao, Y Dai, Z Wang, Y Yao… - Physical Review B, 2021 - APS
We report on a study of the optical properties of CsV 3 Sb 5 for a large number of
temperatures above and below the charge-density-wave (CDW) transition. Above the CDW …

Giant topological longitudinal circular photo-galvanic effect in the chiral multifold semimetal CoSi

Z Ni, K Wang, Y Zhang, O Pozo, B Xu, X Han… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The absence of mirror symmetry, or chirality, is behind striking natural phenomena found in
systems as diverse as DNA and crystalline solids. A remarkable example occurs when chiral …

Unveiling Weyl-related optical responses in semiconducting tellurium by mid-infrared circular photogalvanic effect

J Ma, B Cheng, L Li, Z Fan, H Mu, J Lai, X Song… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Elemental tellurium, conventionally recognized as a narrow bandgap semiconductor, has
recently aroused research interests for exploiting Weyl physics. Chirality is a unique feature …

[HTML][HTML] Ultrafast investigation and control of Dirac and Weyl semimetals

CP Weber - Journal of Applied Physics, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Ultrafast experiments using sub-picosecond pulses of light are poised to play an important
role in the study and use of topological materials and, particularly, of the three-dimensional …

Giant intrinsic anomalous terahertz Faraday rotation in the magnetic Weyl semimetal at room temperature

X Han, A Markou, J Stensberg, Y Sun, C Felser, L Wu - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
We report measurement of terahertz anomalous Hall conductivity and Faraday rotation in the
magnetic Weyl semimetal Co 2 MnGa thin films as a function of the magnetic field …

Optical signatures of multifold fermions in the chiral topological semimetal CoSi

B Xu, Z Fang, MÁ Sánchez-Martínez… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
We report the optical conductivity in high-quality crystals of the chiral topological semimetal
CoSi, which hosts exotic quasiparticles known as multifold fermions. We find that the optical …

Topological diffusive metal in amorphous transition metal monosilicides

S Franca, AG Grushin - Physical Review Materials, 2024 - APS
In chiral crystals crystalline symmetries can protect multifold fermions, pseudorelativistic
masless quasiparticles that have no high-energy counterparts. Their realization in transition …

Trompe L'oeil Ferromagnetism—magnetic point group analysis

SW Cheong, FT Huang - npj Quantum Materials, 2023 - nature.com
Ferromagnetism can be characterized by various distinct phenomena such as non-zero
magnetization (inducing magnetic attraction/repulsion), diagonal piezomagnetism …