Transport, refraction and interface arcs in junctions of Weyl semimetals

TL;DR

This paper investigates electron transport, refraction, and interface states in magnetic Weyl semimetal junctions with tilted anisotropy axes, revealing beam-splitting and chiral separation effects.

Contribution

It introduces a model for electron transport across Weyl semimetal junctions with tilt-induced anisotropy, analyzing refraction, interface states, and their impact on transport properties.

Findings

Interface acts as a beam splitter separating electrons by chirality

Finite tilt angle induces unique interface states connecting Fermi surfaces

Transport effects are influenced by interplay between interface states and Fermi arcs

Abstract

We study the low-energy single-electron transport across a junction of two magnetic Weyl semimetals, in which the anisotropy axes are tilted one respect to the other. Using a two-band model with a potential step, we compute the transmission factor for normal and Klein tunneling and the refraction properties of the interface as a function of the tilt angle. We show that the interface acts as a beam splitter, separating electrons with different chiralities. We also characterize interface states, only appearing for finite tilt angle, which connect the projection of the Fermi surfaces on the two sides of the junction, and we discuss transport effects due to their interplay with Fermi arcs.