Nature Communications (Jan 2017)

Creating stable Floquet–Weyl semimetals by laser-driving of 3D Dirac materials

  • Hannes Hübener,
  • Michael A. Sentef,
  • Umberto De Giovannini,
  • Alexander F. Kemper,
  • Angel Rubio

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13940
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Creating and controlling topological states of matter has become a central goal in condensed matter physics. Here, the authors report a predictive Floquet engineering of various topological phases in Na3Bi by using femtosecond laser pulses.