Signatures of a time-reversal symmetric Weyl semimetal with only four Weyl points

Ilya Belopolski, Peng Yu, Daniel S. Sanchez, Yukiaki Ishida, Tay-Rong Chang, Songtian S. Zhang, Su-Yang Xu, Hao Zheng, Guoqing Chang, Guang Bian, Horng-Tay Jeng, Takeshi Kondo, Hsin Lin, Zheng Liu, Shik Shin, M. Zahid Hasan

doi:10.1038/s41467-017-00938-1

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Through intense research on Weyl semimetals during the past few years, we have come to appreciate that typical Weyl semimetals host many Weyl points. Nonetheless, the minimum nonzero number of Weyl points allowed in a time-reversal invariant Weyl semimetal is four. Realizing such a system is of fundamental interest and may simplify transport experiments. Recently, it was predicted that TaIrTe<jats:sub>4</jats:sub> realizes a minimal Weyl semimetal. However, the Weyl points and Fermi arcs live entirely above the Fermi level, making them inaccessible to conventional angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES). Here, we use pump-probe ARPES to directly access the band structure above the Fermi level in TaIrTe<jats:sub>4</jats:sub>. We observe signatures of Weyl points and topological Fermi arcs. Combined with ab initio calculation, our results show that TaIrTe<jats:sub>4</jats:sub> is a Weyl semimetal with the minimum number of four Weyl points. Our work provides a simpler platform for accessing exotic transport phenomena arising in Weyl semimetals.</jats:p>

Signatures of a time-reversal symmetric Weyl semimetal with only four Weyl points

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