Light control with Weyl semimetals

C Guo, VS Asadchy, B Zhao, S Fan - Elight, 2023 - Springer
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 …

Recent progress in topological semimetal and its realization in Heusler compounds

H Liu, J Liang, T Sun, L Wang - Materials Today Physics, 2024 - Elsevier
Topological semimetals with vanishing gaps have been intensively investigated both
theoretically and in experiments, due to their unique electronic properties and nontrivial …

Epsilon-near-zero thin film enhanced nonreciprocal thermal radiation in Weyl semimetal-based heterostructures

H Li, G Zheng - International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2024 - Elsevier
Violating Kirchhoff's radiation law plays a significant role in enhancing photonic energy
conversion efficiency and controlling radiative heat transfer at the nanoscale. Here, we …

Large nonreciprocity of thermal radiation for transverse electric wave with extremely small incident angle

M Sun, L Qian, F Xian, S Pei, G Zheng - Optics & Laser Technology, 2024 - Elsevier
Violating of traditional Kirchhoff's law has been a topic of active research because of the
possibilities for engineering thermal radiation. An alternative paradigm consisting of zero …

Tunable magnetless optical isolation with twisted Weyl semimetals

VA Chistyakov, VS Asadchy, S Fan, A Alù… - Nanophotonics, 2023 - degruyter.com
Weyl semimetals hold great promise in revolutionizing nonreciprocal optical components
due to their unique topological properties. By exhibiting nonreciprocal magneto-optical …

Polarization-independent nonreciprocal radiation in polar dielectric-Weyl semimetal planar heterostructure

H Li, G Zheng - Optics Communications, 2024 - Elsevier
The polarization-independent nonreciprocal radiation is highly demanded for controlling
light-matter interactions in tailoring and enhancing radiative heat transfer. An obvious …

Weyl semimetal mediated epsilon-near-zero hybrid polaritons and the induced nonreciprocal radiation

S Xu, L Qian, M Sun, G Zheng - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Polaritonic excitation and management in ultra-thin polar crystals has recently received
significant attention and holds new promise for epsilon-near-zero (ENZ) modes. However …

Ultrafast Dynamics of Intrinsic Anomalous Hall Effect in the Topological Antiferromagnet

T Matsuda, T Higo, T Koretsune, N Kanda, Y Hirai… - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
We investigate ultrafast dynamics of the anomalous Hall effect (AHE) in the topological
antiferromagnet Mn 3 Sn with sub-100 fs time resolution. Optical pulse excitations largely …

Switching Chirality in Arrays of Shape‐Reconfigurable Spindle Microparticles

M Liu, X Han, SH Nah, T Wu, Y Wang… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The giant circular photo‐galvanic effect is realized in chiral metals when illuminated by
circularly polarized light. However, the structure itself is not switchable nor is the crystal …

Nonreciprocity in transmission mode with planar structures for arbitrarily polarized light

MF Picardi, VI Moerbeek, M Pascale… - Optical Materials …, 2024 - opg.optica.org
Approaching thermodynamic limits in light harvesting requires enabling nonreciprocal
thermal emission. The majority of previously reported nonreciprocal thermal emitters operate …