Realization of ideal Weyl semimetal band in ultracold quantum gas with 3D Spin-Orbit coupling
arXiv:2004.02413 · doi:10.1126/science.abc0105
Abstract
The Weyl semimetals [1-6] are three-dimensional (3D) gapless topological phases with Weyl cones in the bulk band, and host massless quasiparticles known as Weyl fermions which were theorized by Hermann Weyl in the last twenties [7]. The lattice theory constrains that Weyl cones must come in pairs, with the minimal number of cones being two. The semimetal with only two Weyl cones is an ideal Weyl semimetal (IWSM) which is the optimal platform to explore broad Weyl physics but hard to engineer in solids. Here, we report the experimental realization of the IWSM band by synthesising for the first time a 3D spin-orbit (SO) coupling for ultracold atoms. Engineering a 3D configuration-tunable optical Raman lattice [8], we realize the Weyl type SO coupling for ultracold quantum gas, with which the IWSM band is achieved with controllability. The topological Weyl points are clearly measured via the virtual slicing imaging technique [8, 9] in equilibrium, and further resolved in the quench dynamics, revealing the key information of the realized IWSM bands. The realization of the IWSM band opens an avenue to investigate various exotic phenomena based on the optimal Weyl semimetal platforms.
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