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光学共振带间跃迁产生的Floquet-Weyl半金属

Floquet-Weyl semimetals generated by an optically resonant interband-transition

Runnan Zhang, Ken-ichi Hino, Nobuya Maeshima

摘要:

理论研究了左旋圆偏振(逆时针旋转)连续波激光照射II-V族窄禁带半导体Zn $_3$ As $_2$产生的Floquet-Weyl半金属(FWSM),其中激光频率与晶体的带隙接近{ \it共振}。结果表明,用这种激光对晶体进行激发,可以诱导出两种性质截然不同的FWSM相。具体地说,通过归属于标记为$J_z=\pm3/2$的价带和标记为$J_z=\pm 1/2$的导带的Floquet边带之间的带接触,稳定地形成相关联的两对Weyl点,其中$J_z$表示$Γ$ -点的总角动量量子数的$z$ -分量,并且双符号对应。这里,由与$J_z=3/2$和$1/2$相关的上自旋Floquet边带组成的一个FWSM状态在相关的Weyl点对附近显示出几乎二次的带接触,而由与$J_z=-3/2$和$-1/2$相关的下自旋Floquet边带组成的另一个FWSM状态显示出线性带接触。此外,它揭示了上旋和下旋边带主机非平凡的二维表面状态,被钉扎到各自对的外尔点。这两种表面状态也表现出不同的能量色散和物理性质。文中对上述发现的来源、FWSM相的手征性、拓扑序的改变、激光诱导的磁性等进行了详细的讨论。

英文摘要:

Floquet-Weyl semimetals (FWSMs) generated by irradiation of a continuous-wave laser with left-hand circular polarization (rotating in counterclockwise sense with time) on the group II-V narrow gap semiconductor Zn$_3$As$_2$ are theoretically investigated, where the frequency of the laser is set nearly {\it resonant} with a band gap of the crystal. It is found that the excitation of the crystal by such a laser induce two types of FWSM phases that differ absolutely in characters. To be specific, the associated two pairs of Weyl points are stably formed by band touching between Floquet sidebands ascribable to a valence band labeled as $J_z=\pm3/2$ and a conduction band labeled as $J_z=\pm 1/2$, where $J_z$ represents the $z$-component of total angular momentum quantum number of $Γ$-point and a double sign corresponds. Here, one FWSM state composed of the up-spin Floquet sidebands relevant to $J_z=3/2$ and $1/2$ shows almost quadratic band-touching in the vicinity of the associated pair of Weyl points, while the other FWSM state composed of the down-spin Floquet sidebands relevant to $J_z=-3/2$ and $-1/2$ shows linear band-touching. Further, it is revealed that both up-spin and down-spin sidebands host nontrivial two-dimensional surface states that are pinned to the respective pairs of the Weyl points. Both surface states also show different energy dispersions and physical properties. More detailed discussion is made in the text on the origin of the above findings, chirality of the FWSM phases, alteration of topological order, laser-induced magnetic properties, and so on.

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