Cyclotron resonance of figure-of-eight orbits in a type-II Weyl semimetal
- 25 July 2016
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 94 (3) , 035202
Abstract
We study the cyclotron resonance in the electron-hole joint Fermi surface of a type-II Weyl semimetal. In magnetic field, the electron and hole pockets touching at the Weyl node are hybridized to form quantized Landau levels corresponding to semiclassical 8-shaped orbits. We calculate the dynamical conductivities for the electric fields oscillating in and directions and find that the resonant frequencies in and differ by a factor of two, reflecting the figure-of-eight electron motion in real space. The peculiar anisotropy in the cyclotron resonance serves as a unique characteristic of the dumbbell-like Fermi surface.
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- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (25107005)
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