中国物理B ›› 2018, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (10): 107402-107402.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/27/10/107402

所属专题: TOPICAL REVIEW — Fundamental research under high magnetic fields

• SPECIAL TOPIC—Recent advances in thermoelectric materials and devices • 上一篇    下一篇

Electron transport in Dirac and Weyl semimetals

Huichao Wang(王慧超), Jian Wang(王健)   

  1. 1 International Center for Quantum Materials, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China;
    2 Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing 100871, China;
    3 CAS Center for Excellence in Topological Quantum Computation, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS), Beijing 100190, China;
    4 State Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Quantum Physics, Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
  • 收稿日期:2018-06-23 修回日期:2018-09-04 出版日期:2018-10-05 发布日期:2018-10-05
  • 通讯作者: Jian Wang E-mail:jianwangphysics@pku.edu.cn
  • 基金资助:

    Project supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant Nos. 2018YFA0305604, 2017YFA0303300, and 2013CB934600), the Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education (RFDP) of China (Grant No. 20130001110003), the Open Project Program of the Pulsed High Magnetic Field Facility (Grant No. PHMFF2015002) at the Huazhong University of Science and Technology, the Open Research Fund Program of the State Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Quantum Physics, Tsinghua University (Grant No. KF201703), and the Key Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. XDPB08-2).

Electron transport in Dirac and Weyl semimetals

Huichao Wang(王慧超)1, Jian Wang(王健)1,2,3,4   

  1. 1 International Center for Quantum Materials, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China;
    2 Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing 100871, China;
    3 CAS Center for Excellence in Topological Quantum Computation, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS), Beijing 100190, China;
    4 State Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Quantum Physics, Department of Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
  • Received:2018-06-23 Revised:2018-09-04 Online:2018-10-05 Published:2018-10-05
  • Contact: Jian Wang E-mail:jianwangphysics@pku.edu.cn
  • Supported by:

    Project supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant Nos. 2018YFA0305604, 2017YFA0303300, and 2013CB934600), the Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education (RFDP) of China (Grant No. 20130001110003), the Open Project Program of the Pulsed High Magnetic Field Facility (Grant No. PHMFF2015002) at the Huazhong University of Science and Technology, the Open Research Fund Program of the State Key Laboratory of Low-Dimensional Quantum Physics, Tsinghua University (Grant No. KF201703), and the Key Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. XDPB08-2).

摘要:

Recently, the Dirac and Weyl semimetals have attracted extensive attention in condensed matter physics due to both the fundamental interest and the potential application of a new generation of electronic devices. Here we review the exotic electrical transport phenomena in Dirac and Weyl semimetals. Section 1 is a brief introduction to the topological semimetals (TSMs). In Section 2 and Section 3, the intriguing transport phenomena in Dirac semimetals (DSMs) and Weyl semimetals (WSMs) are reviewed, respectively. The most widely studied Cd3As2 and the TaAs family are selected as representatives to show the typical properties of DSMs and WSMs, respectively. Beyond these systems, the advances in other TSM materials, such as ZrTe5 and the MoTe2 family, are also introduced. In Section 4, we provide perspectives on the study of TSMs especially on the magnetotransport investigations.

关键词: electron transport, topological Dirac semimetals, topological Weyl semimetals

Abstract:

Recently, the Dirac and Weyl semimetals have attracted extensive attention in condensed matter physics due to both the fundamental interest and the potential application of a new generation of electronic devices. Here we review the exotic electrical transport phenomena in Dirac and Weyl semimetals. Section 1 is a brief introduction to the topological semimetals (TSMs). In Section 2 and Section 3, the intriguing transport phenomena in Dirac semimetals (DSMs) and Weyl semimetals (WSMs) are reviewed, respectively. The most widely studied Cd3As2 and the TaAs family are selected as representatives to show the typical properties of DSMs and WSMs, respectively. Beyond these systems, the advances in other TSM materials, such as ZrTe5 and the MoTe2 family, are also introduced. In Section 4, we provide perspectives on the study of TSMs especially on the magnetotransport investigations.

Key words: electron transport, topological Dirac semimetals, topological Weyl semimetals

中图分类号:  (Nonconventional mechanisms)

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