Surface to bulk Fermi arcs via Weyl nodes as topological defects

Understanding how surface Fermi arcs connect different Weyl nodes in presence of multiple Weyl-node pairs is intriguing yet unclear. Here, Kimet al. show that the winding of the Zak phase around each projected Weyl node manifests itself as a topological defect, leading to non-trivial surface as well...

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Main Authors: Kun Woo Kim, Woo-Ram Lee, Yong Baek Kim, Kwon Park
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2016-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13489
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Summary:Understanding how surface Fermi arcs connect different Weyl nodes in presence of multiple Weyl-node pairs is intriguing yet unclear. Here, Kimet al. show that the winding of the Zak phase around each projected Weyl node manifests itself as a topological defect, leading to non-trivial surface as well as bulk Fermi arcs.
ISSN:2041-1723