Hidden Moiré Topology of Low-Symmetry Weyl Surfaces

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Hauptverfasser: Li, Cong, Yang, Zhilong, Liu, Hongxiong, Berntsen, Magnus H., Scali, Francesco, Phuyal, Dibya, Zhang, Jianfeng, Kim, Timur K., Osiecki, Jacek, Thiagarajan, Balasubramanian, Shi, Youguo, Xiang, Tao, Wu, Quansheng, Tjernberg, Oscar
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author Li, Cong
Yang, Zhilong
Liu, Hongxiong
Berntsen, Magnus H.
Scali, Francesco
Phuyal, Dibya
Zhang, Jianfeng
Kim, Timur K.
Osiecki, Jacek
Thiagarajan, Balasubramanian
Shi, Youguo
Xiang, Tao
Wu, Quansheng
Tjernberg, Oscar
author_facet Li, Cong
Yang, Zhilong
Liu, Hongxiong
Berntsen, Magnus H.
Scali, Francesco
Phuyal, Dibya
Zhang, Jianfeng
Kim, Timur K.
Osiecki, Jacek
Thiagarajan, Balasubramanian
Shi, Youguo
Xiang, Tao
Wu, Quansheng
Tjernberg, Oscar
contents Topological materials are defined by the correspondence between bulk topology and boundary states, yet this correspondence becomes enigmatic on low-symmetry surfaces where bulk and surface periodicities are inherently mismatched. Here we reveal a hidden moiré topology emerging on the (103) surface of the Weyl semimetal NdAlSi. Angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy uncovers closed Fermi-arc loops and momentum-space moiré modulations, phenomena unanticipated in conventional topological theory. We show that these emerge from incomplete bulk projection and multi-cell interference governed by a least-common-multiple framework. Least-common-multiple guided DFT and Green's-function calculations quantitatively reproduce the observed spectra, establishing the universality of this commensuration rule. These findings transform a long-standing paradox of bulk-boundary correspondence into a new paradigm of momentum-space moiré reconstruction, bridging crystalline and quasicrystalline topologies and opening routes to flat-band engineering on complex surfaces.
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spellingShingle Hidden Moiré Topology of Low-Symmetry Weyl Surfaces
Li, Cong
Yang, Zhilong
Liu, Hongxiong
Berntsen, Magnus H.
Scali, Francesco
Phuyal, Dibya
Zhang, Jianfeng
Kim, Timur K.
Osiecki, Jacek
Thiagarajan, Balasubramanian
Shi, Youguo
Xiang, Tao
Wu, Quansheng
Tjernberg, Oscar
Materials Science
Other Condensed Matter
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Topological materials are defined by the correspondence between bulk topology and boundary states, yet this correspondence becomes enigmatic on low-symmetry surfaces where bulk and surface periodicities are inherently mismatched. Here we reveal a hidden moiré topology emerging on the (103) surface of the Weyl semimetal NdAlSi. Angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy uncovers closed Fermi-arc loops and momentum-space moiré modulations, phenomena unanticipated in conventional topological theory. We show that these emerge from incomplete bulk projection and multi-cell interference governed by a least-common-multiple framework. Least-common-multiple guided DFT and Green's-function calculations quantitatively reproduce the observed spectra, establishing the universality of this commensuration rule. These findings transform a long-standing paradox of bulk-boundary correspondence into a new paradigm of momentum-space moiré reconstruction, bridging crystalline and quasicrystalline topologies and opening routes to flat-band engineering on complex surfaces.
title Hidden Moiré Topology of Low-Symmetry Weyl Surfaces
topic Materials Science
Other Condensed Matter
Strongly Correlated Electrons
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.10106