Broken symmetry and competing orders in Weyl semimetal interfaces

R Kundu, HA Fertig, A Kundu - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
We consider interaction-induced broken symmetry states of two Weyl semimetal surfaces
with multiple Fermi-arc (FA) states. In the presence of inter-and intrasurface Coulomb …

Surface states and arcless angles in twisted Weyl semimetals

G Murthy, HA Fertig, E Shimshoni - Physical Review Research, 2020 - APS
Fermi arc states are features of Weyl semimetal (WSM) surfaces which are robust due to the
topological character of the bulk band structure. We demonstrate that Fermi arcs may …

Axionic instability of periodic Weyl-semimetal superstructures

T Li, M Breitkreiz - Physical Review B, 2024 - APS
Weyl-semimetal superstructures with a spiraling position of a pair of Weyl nodes of opposite
chirality can host a chiral-symmetry-preserving Fermi-arc metal state, where the chirality is …

Signatures of interfacial topological chiral modes via RKKY exchange interaction in Dirac and Weyl systems

GC Paul, SKF Islam, P Dutta, A Saha - Physical Review B, 2021 - APS
We theoretically investigate the features of Ruderman-Kittel-Kasuya-Yosida (RKKY)
exchange interaction between two magnetic impurities, mediated by the interfacial bound …

Dipolar optical plasmon in thin-film Weyl semimetals

D Giri, DK Mukherjee, S Verma, HA Fertig, A Kundu - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
In a slab geometry with large surface-to-bulk ratio, topological surface states such as Fermi
arcs for Weyl or Dirac semimetals may dominate their low-energy properties. We investigate …

Zitterbewegung-mediated RKKY coupling in topological insulator thin films

CS Ho, SG Tan, ZB Siu, MBA Jalil - New Journal of Physics, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
The dynamics of itinerant electrons in topological insulator (TI) thin films is investigated
using a multi-band decomposition approach. We show that the electron trajectory in the 2D …