Magnetic breakdown spectrum of a Kramers–Weyl semimetal
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Abstract
We calculate the Landau levels of a Kramers–Weyl semimetal thin slab in a perpendicular magnetic field B. The coupling of Fermi arcs on opposite surfaces broadens the Landau levels with a band width that oscillates periodically in 1/B. We interpret the spectrum in terms of a one-dimensional superlattice induced by magnetic breakdown at Weyl points. The band width oscillations may be observed as 1/B-periodic magnetoconductance oscillations, at weaker fields and higher temperatures than the Shubnikov–de Haas oscillations due to Landau level quantization. No such spectrum appears in a generic Weyl semimetal, the Kramers degeneracy at time-reversally invariant momenta is essential.
*This project has received funding from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO/OCW) and from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme.
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Presenters
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Alvaro Donis Vela
- Leiden University