Manipulation and braiding of Weyl nodes using symmetry-constrained phase transitions
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| author | Chen, Siyu Bouhon, Adrien Slager, Robert-Jan Monserrat, Bartomeu |
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| contents | Weyl semimetals are arguably the most paradigmatic form of a gapless topological phase. While the stability of Weyl nodes, as quantified by their topological charge, has been extensively investigated, recent interest has shifted to the manipulation of the location of these Weyl nodes for non-Abelian braiding. To accomplish this braiding it is necessary to drive significant Weyl node motion using realistic experimental parameter changes. We show that a family of phase transitions characterized by certain symmetry constraints impose that the Weyl nodes have to reorganise by a large amount, shifting from one high symmetry plane to another. Additionally, for a subset of pairs of nodes with nontrivial Euler class topology, this reorganization can only occur through a braiding process with adjacent nodes. As a result, the Weyl nodes are forced to move a large distance across the Brillouin zone and to braid, all driven by small temperature changes, a process we illustrate with Cd$_2$Re$_2$O$_7$. Our work opens up routes to readily manipulate Weyl nodes using only slight external parameter changes, paving the way for the practical realization of reciprocal space braiding. |
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| spellingShingle | Manipulation and braiding of Weyl nodes using symmetry-constrained phase transitions Chen, Siyu Bouhon, Adrien Slager, Robert-Jan Monserrat, Bartomeu Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Materials Science Other Condensed Matter Weyl semimetals are arguably the most paradigmatic form of a gapless topological phase. While the stability of Weyl nodes, as quantified by their topological charge, has been extensively investigated, recent interest has shifted to the manipulation of the location of these Weyl nodes for non-Abelian braiding. To accomplish this braiding it is necessary to drive significant Weyl node motion using realistic experimental parameter changes. We show that a family of phase transitions characterized by certain symmetry constraints impose that the Weyl nodes have to reorganise by a large amount, shifting from one high symmetry plane to another. Additionally, for a subset of pairs of nodes with nontrivial Euler class topology, this reorganization can only occur through a braiding process with adjacent nodes. As a result, the Weyl nodes are forced to move a large distance across the Brillouin zone and to braid, all driven by small temperature changes, a process we illustrate with Cd$_2$Re$_2$O$_7$. Our work opens up routes to readily manipulate Weyl nodes using only slight external parameter changes, paving the way for the practical realization of reciprocal space braiding. |
| title | Manipulation and braiding of Weyl nodes using symmetry-constrained phase transitions |
| topic | Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Materials Science Other Condensed Matter |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2108.10330 |