Possible topological phases of bulk magnetically doped Bi2Se3: turning a topological band insulator into the Weyl semimetal

Abstract

We discuss the possibility of realizing Weyl semimetal phase in the magnetically doped topological band insulators. When the magnetic moments are ferromagnetically polarized, we show that there are three phases in the system upon the competition between topological mass and magnetic mass: topological band insulator phase, Weyl semimetal phase, and trivial phase. We explicitly derive the low energy theory of Weyl points from the general continuum Hamiltonian of topological insulators near the Dirac point, e.g. \({\bf k} \cdot {\bf p}\) theory near \(\Gamma\) point for Bi_{2}Se_{3}. Furthermore, we introduce the microscopic tight-binding model on the diamond lattice to describe the magnetically doped topological insulator, and we found the Weyl semimetal phase. We also discuss the dimensional cross-over of the Weyl semimetal phase to the anomalous Hall effect. In closing, we discuss the experimental situation for the Weyl semimetal phase.