Time-reversal invariant realization of the Weyl semimetal phase

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2011-09-28

arxiv.org/abs/1109.6137v2

Phys. Rev. B 85, 035103 (2012)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

9 pages, 5 figures, published version with infinitesimal changes

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.85.035103

We propose a realization of the Weyl semimetal phase that is invariant under time reversal and occurs due to broken inversion symmetry. We consider both a simple superlattice model and a more realistic tight-binding model describing an experimentally reasonable HgTe/CdTe multilayer structure. The two models have the same underlying symmetry, therefore their low-energy features are equivalent. We find a Weyl semimetal phase between the normal insulator and the topological insulator phases that exists for a finite range of the system parameters and exhibits a finite number of Weyl points with robust band touching at the Fermi level. This phase is experimentally characterized by a strong conductivity anisotropy and topological surface states. The principal conductivities change in a complementary fashion as the system parameters are varied, and the surface states only exist in a region of momentum space that is determined by the positions of the Weyl points.

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