Magnetization-direction tunable nodal-line and Weyl phases

Zeying Zhang*, Qiang Gao, Cheng Cheng Liu, Hongbin Zhang, Yugui Yao

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Abstract

We propose a spinless symmetry-based three-band tight-binding model with the coexistence of nodal-line and Weyl points, after considering spin-orbital coupling and different magnetization directions. It is confirmed that the number of Weyl points and nodal lines can be tuned by the magnetization direction. The combination of time-reversal symmetry and mirror reflection symmetry plays a crucial role in protecting the degeneracy of nodal lines. Moreover, we put forward a different class of materials C4CrX3 (X=Ge and Si) which host such a nontrivial semimetallic phase.

Original languageEnglish
Article number121103
JournalPhysical Review B
Volume98
Issue number12
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 7 Sept 2018

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