Nonlocal Coulomb drag in Weyl semimetals

Yuval Baum, Ady Stern

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Abstract

Nonlocality is one of the most striking signatures of the topological nature of Weyl semimetals. We propose to probe the nonlocality in these materials via a measurement of a magnetic-field-dependent Coulomb drag between two sheets of graphene which are separated by a three-dimensional slab of Weyl semimetal. We predict amechanism of Coulomb drag, based on cyclotron orbits that are split between opposite surfaces of the semimetal. In the absence of impurity scattering between different Weyl nodes, this mechanism does not decay with the thickness of the semimetal.

Original languageEnglish
Article number075141
Number of pages8
JournalPhysical Review B
Volume95
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - 23 Feb 2017

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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