Magnetic breakdown spectrum of a Kramers–Weyl semimetal

Autor: G Lemut, A Donís Vela, M J Pacholski, J Tworzydło, C W J Beenakker
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: New Journal of Physics, Vol 22, Iss 9, p 093022 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1367-2630
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/abadb2
Popis: We calculate the Landau levels of a Kramers–Weyl semimetal thin slab in a perpendicular magnetic field B . The coupling of Fermi arcs on opposite surfaces broadens the Landau levels with a band width that oscillates periodically in 1/ B . We interpret the spectrum in terms of a one-dimensional superlattice induced by magnetic breakdown at Weyl points. The band width oscillations may be observed as 1/ B -periodic magnetoconductance oscillations, at weaker fields and higher temperatures than the Shubnikov–de Haas oscillations due to Landau level quantization. No such spectrum appears in a generic Weyl semimetal, the Kramers degeneracy at time-reversally invariant momenta is essential.
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