<p>Quantum materials governed by emergent topological fermions have become a cornerstone of physics. Dirac fermions in graphene form the basis for moiré quantum matter and Dirac fermions in magnetic topological insulators enabled the discovery of the quantum anomalous Hall (QAH) effect<sup><CitationRef AdditionalCitationIDS="CR2" CitationID="CR1">1</CitationRef>–<CitationRef CitationID="CR3">3</CitationRef></sup>. By contrast, there are few materials whose electromagnetic response is dominated by emergent Weyl fermions<sup><CitationRef AdditionalCitationIDS="CR5" CitationID="CR4">4</CitationRef>–<CitationRef CitationID="CR6">6</CitationRef></sup>. Nearly all known Weyl materials are overwhelmingly metallic and are largely governed by irrelevant, conventional electrons. Here we theoretically predict and experimentally observe a semimetallic Weyl ferromagnet in van der Waals (Cr,Bi)<sub>2</sub>Te<sub>3</sub>. In transport, we find a record bulk anomalous Hall angle of greater than 0.5 along with non-metallic conductivity, a regime that is strongly distinct from conventional ferromagnets. Together with symmetry analysis, our data suggest a semimetallic Fermi surface composed of two Weyl points, with a giant separation of more than 75% of the linear dimension of the bulk Brillouin zone, and no other electronic states. Using state-of-the-art crystal-synthesis techniques, we widely tune the electronic structure, allowing us to annihilate the Weyl state and visualize a unique topological phase diagram exhibiting broad Chern insulating, Weyl semimetallic and magnetic semiconducting regions. Our observation of a semimetallic Weyl ferromagnet offers an avenue towards new correlated states and nonlinear phenomena, as well as zero-magnetic-field Weyl spintronic and optical devices.</p>

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Synthesis of a semimetallic Weyl ferromagnet with point Fermi surface

  • Ilya Belopolski,
  • Ryota Watanabe,
  • Yuki Sato,
  • Ryutaro Yoshimi,
  • Minoru Kawamura,
  • Soma Nagahama,
  • Yilin Zhao,
  • Sen Shao,
  • Yuanjun Jin,
  • Yoshihiro Kato,
  • Yoshihiro Okamura,
  • Xiao-Xiao Zhang,
  • Yukako Fujishiro,
  • Youtarou Takahashi,
  • Max Hirschberger,
  • Atsushi Tsukazaki,
  • Kei S. Takahashi,
  • Ching-Kai Chiu,
  • Guoqing Chang,
  • Masashi Kawasaki,
  • Naoto Nagaosa,
  • Yoshinori Tokura

摘要

Quantum materials governed by emergent topological fermions have become a cornerstone of physics. Dirac fermions in graphene form the basis for moiré quantum matter and Dirac fermions in magnetic topological insulators enabled the discovery of the quantum anomalous Hall (QAH) effect13. By contrast, there are few materials whose electromagnetic response is dominated by emergent Weyl fermions46. Nearly all known Weyl materials are overwhelmingly metallic and are largely governed by irrelevant, conventional electrons. Here we theoretically predict and experimentally observe a semimetallic Weyl ferromagnet in van der Waals (Cr,Bi)2Te3. In transport, we find a record bulk anomalous Hall angle of greater than 0.5 along with non-metallic conductivity, a regime that is strongly distinct from conventional ferromagnets. Together with symmetry analysis, our data suggest a semimetallic Fermi surface composed of two Weyl points, with a giant separation of more than 75% of the linear dimension of the bulk Brillouin zone, and no other electronic states. Using state-of-the-art crystal-synthesis techniques, we widely tune the electronic structure, allowing us to annihilate the Weyl state and visualize a unique topological phase diagram exhibiting broad Chern insulating, Weyl semimetallic and magnetic semiconducting regions. Our observation of a semimetallic Weyl ferromagnet offers an avenue towards new correlated states and nonlinear phenomena, as well as zero-magnetic-field Weyl spintronic and optical devices.