Predicted Unusual Magnetoresponse in Type-II Weyl Semimetals

Zhi Ming Yu; Yugui Yao; Shengyuan A. Yang

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.077202

Predicted Unusual Magnetoresponse in Type-II Weyl Semimetals

Zhi Ming Yu, Yugui Yao, Shengyuan A. Yang

School of Physics

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Abstract

We show several distinct signatures in the magnetoresponse of type-II Weyl semimetals. The energy tilt tends to squeeze the Landau levels (LLs), and, for a type-II Weyl node, there always exists a critical angle between the B field and the tilt, at which the LL spectrum collapses, regardless of the field strength. Before the collapse, signatures also appear in the magneto-optical spectrum, including the invariable presence of intraband peaks, the absence of absorption tails, and the special anisotropic field dependence.

Original language	English
Article number	077202
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Volume	117
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.077202
Publication status	Published - 11 Aug 2016

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Yu, Z. M., Yao, Y., & Yang, S. A. (2016). Predicted Unusual Magnetoresponse in Type-II Weyl Semimetals. Physical Review Letters, 117(7), Article 077202. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.077202

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