Experimental perspective on three-dimensional topological semimetals

BQ Lv, T Qian, H Ding - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2021 - APS
Topological semimetals (TSMs) are characterized by bulk band crossings in their electronic
structures, which are expected to give rise to gapless electronic excitations and topological …

Experimental signatures of the chiral anomaly in Dirac–Weyl semimetals

NP Ong, S Liang - Nature Reviews Physics, 2021 - nature.com
In condensed matter, the chiral anomaly describes the conversion of left-moving Dirac–Weyl
fermions to right-moving ones in parallel electric and magnetic fields. The resulting axial …

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 …

A light-induced phononic symmetry switch and giant dissipationless topological photocurrent in ZrTe5

L Luo, D Cheng, B Song, LL Wang, C Vaswani… - Nature Materials, 2021 - nature.com
Dissipationless currents from topologically protected states are promising for disorder-
tolerant electronics and quantum computation. Here, we photogenerate giant anisotropic …

Observation and control of the weak topological insulator state in ZrTe5

P Zhang, R Noguchi, K Kuroda, C Lin… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
A quantum spin Hall (QSH) insulator hosts topological states at the one-dimensional (1D)
edge, along which backscattering by nonmagnetic impurities is strictly prohibited. Its 3D …

Light-driven Raman coherence as a nonthermal route to ultrafast topology switching in a Dirac semimetal

C Vaswani, LL Wang, DH Mudiyanselage, Q Li… - Physical Review X, 2020 - APS
A grand challenge underlies the entire field of topology-enabled quantum logic and
information science: how to establish topological control principles driven by quantum …

Evidence for a strain-tuned topological phase transition in ZrTe5

J Mutch, WC Chen, P Went, T Qian, IZ Wilson… - Science …, 2019 - science.org
A phase transition between topologically distinct insulating phases involves closing and
reopening the bandgap. Near the topological phase transition, the bulk energy spectrum is …

Theory for the charge-density-wave mechanism of 3D quantum Hall effect

F Qin, S Li, ZZ Du, CM Wang, W Zhang, D Yu, HZ Lu… - Physical Review Letters, 2020 - APS
The charge-density-wave (CDW) mechanism of the 3D quantum Hall effect has been
observed recently in ZrTe 5 [Tang et al., Nature 569, 537 (2019) 10.1038/s41586-019-1180 …

Gigantic Magnetochiral Anisotropy in the Topological Semimetal

Y Wang, HF Legg, T Bömerich, J Park, S Biesenkamp… - Physical Review Letters, 2022 - APS
Topological materials with broken inversion symmetry can give rise to nonreciprocal
responses, such as the current rectification controlled by magnetic fields via magnetochiral …

[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 …