Discovery of a Magnetic Topological Semimetal Eu$_3$In$_2$As$_4$ with a Single Pair of Weyl Points

TL;DR

This paper reports the synthesis and characterization of Eu$_3$In$_2$As$_4$, a magnetic Weyl semimetal with a single pair of Weyl points, enabling clearer investigation of chiral transport phenomena.

Contribution

The study demonstrates the creation of a magnetic Weyl semimetal with a single pair of Weyl points, confirmed by experiments and density functional theory, facilitating the study of intrinsic chiral transport.

Findings

Single pair of Weyl points confirmed by experiments and calculations

Observation of linear Hall resistance indicating Weyl fermions

Magnetic and topological properties tunable by magnetic field

Abstract

Magnetic Weyl semimetal (MWS) is a unique topological state with open surface Fermi arc states and other exotic transport phenomena. However, most reported MWSs show multiple pairs of Weyl points and complicated Fermi surfaces, which increases the difficulty of the investigation into the intrinsic chiral transport property. In this wor, we successfully synthesized a soft magnetic Weyl semimetal Eu$_3$In$_2$As$_4$ with a single pair of Weyl points under magnetic fields. The Shubnikov de Haas (SdH) oscillation with a single frequency, as well as a linear hall resistance with the same carrier density, is observed up to 50 Tesla, indicating a single pair of Weyl points around the Fermi level with a massless fermion ($m^* = 0.121 m_0$, $\pi$ Berry phase). Such a single pair of Weyl points is further confirmed by the density functional theory calculations. The magnetic ordering and band topology can be easily tuned by the external magnetic field. The field-induced MWS Eu$_3$In$_2$As$_4$ with a single pair of Weyl points is a good platform to detect chiral transport properties, including possible quantum anomalous Hall effect.