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Moiré Kramers-Weyl Fermions with Ideal Radial Spin Texture from Structural Chirality

  • D. J.P. De Sousa
  • , Seungjun Lee
  • , Tony Low

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Abstract

We demonstrate that two-dimensional Kramers-Weyl fermions can be engineered in spin-orbit coupled twisted bilayers, where the chiral structure of these moiré systems breaks all mirror symmetries, confining Kramers-Weyl fermions to high-symmetry points in the Brillouin zone under time reversal symmetry. Our theoretical analysis reveals a symmetry-enforced, Weyl-like spinful interlayer moiré coupling that universally ensures an ideal radial spin-texture at arbitrary twist angles, under Cnz symmetry with n>2. First principles density functional calculation confirm the realization of these fermions in twisted α-In2Se3 homobilayers, where flat bands and out-of-plane ferroelectric polarization in each layer guarantee two-dimensional Kramers-Weyl physics with ideal radial spin textures.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number166401
JournalPhysical review letters
Volume134
Issue number16
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 25 2025

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