Conductance oscillation in surface junctions of Weyl semimetals
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2021-11-08
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11
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Physical Review B, Volume 104, issue 20
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Fermi arc surface states, the manifestation of the bulk-edge correspondence in Weyl semimetals, have attracted much research interest. In contrast to the conventional Fermi loop, the disconnected Fermi arcs provide an exotic two-dimensional (2D) system for exploration of novel physical effects on the surface of Weyl semimetals. Here, we propose that visible conductance oscillation can be achieved in planar junctions fabricated on the surface of a Weyl semimetal with a pair of Fermi arcs. It is shown that Fabry-Pérot-type interference inside the 2D junction can generate conductance oscillation with its visibility strongly relying on the shape of the Fermi arcs and their orientation relative to the strip electrodes, the latter clearly revealing the anisotropy of the Fermi arcs. Moreover, we show that the visibility of the oscillating pattern can be significantly enhanced by a magnetic field perpendicular to the surface taking advantage of the bulk-surface connected Weyl orbits. Our work offers an effective way to identify Fermi arc surface states through transport measurement and predicts the surface of Weyl semimetals as a novel platform for the implementation of 2D conductance oscillations.Description
Funding Information: This study was financed by Merck Sharp & Dohme, MSD España. Publisher Copyright: © 2021 American Physical Society.
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Chen, X R, Chen, G, Zheng, Y, Chen, W & Xing, D Y 2021, ' Conductance oscillation in surface junctions of Weyl semimetals ', Physical Review B, vol. 104, no. 20, 205412 . https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.104.205412