Light control with Weyl semimetals

Abstract

Weyl semimetals are topological materials whose electron quasiparticles obey the Weyl equation. They possess many unusual properties that may lead to new applications. This is a tutorial review of the optical properties and applications of Weyl semimetals. We review the basic concepts and optical responses of Weyl semimetals, and survey their applications in optics and thermal photonics. We hope this pedagogical text will motivate further research on this emerging topic.

Tutorial review, 53 pages, 12 figures

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• Emergent axion response in multilayered metamaterials
• Optical Tellegen metamaterial with spontaneous magnetization
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• Electric and thermoelectric response for Weyl and multi-Weyl semimetals in planar Hall configurations including the effects of strain
• Quasicrystalline Weyl points and dense Fermi-Bragg arcs
• Direction-dependent conductivity in planar Hall set-ups with tilted Weyl/multi-Weyl semimetals
• Linear response in planar Hall and thermal Hall setups for Rarita-Schwinger-Weyl semimetals
• Signatures of topology in generic transport measurements for Rarita-Schwinger-Weyl semimetals
• Plasmon Fizeau drag in 3D Dirac and Weyl semimetals
• Reflections of topological properties in the planar-Hall response for semimetals carrying pseudospin-1 quantum numbers
• Topological edge states in photonic Floquet insulator with unpaired Dirac cones
• Chiral anomaly and internode scatterings in multifold semimetals
• Optical properties and energy propagation in a dielectric medium supporting magnetic current
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• Crystallographic defects in Weyl semimetal LaAlGe
• Laser induced surface magnetization in Floquet-Weyl semimetals
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• Anisotropic conductivity for the type-I and type-II phases of Weyl/multi-Weyl semimetals in planar Hall set-ups
• Efficiency and Mechanism of Heat Flux Rectification with Non-Reciprocal Surface Waves in Weyl-Semi-Metals
• Optical reflection signature of an axion dielectric with magnetic current
• Nonreciprocal Weyl semimetal waveguide
• Double rotatory power reversal, continuous Kerr angle, and enhanced reflectance in bi-isotropic media with anomalous Hall current
• Magneto-optical response of the Weyl semimetal NbAs: Experimental results and hyperbolic-band computations
• Disentangling contributions to longitudinal magnetoconductivity for Kramers-Weyl nodes
• Tunable optical bistability of two-dimensional tilted Dirac system
• Dynamical thermal near-field routing with the non-reciprocal Weyl semi-metal Co${}_3$Sn${}_2$S${}_2$
• Hypothesis of a bi-isotropic-like plasma permeating the interstellar space
• Casimir radiation with Weyl semimetals
• Realization of the Tellegen Effect in Resonant Optical Metasurfaces
• Localized surface plasmons in a Weyl semimetal nanosphere
• Probing emergent axion electrodynamics with waveguide apparatus
• Topological Optical Pseudospin Injection Beyond Weyl Semimetals
• Emergent Weyl-like points in periodically modulated systems
• A novel device for controlling the flow of information based on Weyl fermions and some interesting remarks regarding the electromagnetic interactions of high energy particles
• Compound symmetries and double antisymmetry groups in linear time-invariant photonic systems
• Anomalous skew scattering of plasmons in a Dirac electron fluid
• Angular-momentum-selective nanofocusing with Weyl semimetals