Antichirality Emergent in Type-II Weyl Phononic Crystals.

ABSTRACT

Chiral anomaly as the hallmark feature lies in the heart of the researches for Weyl semimetal. It is rooted in the zeroth Landau level of the system with an applied magnetic field. Chirality or antichirality characterizes the propagation property of the one-way zeroth Landau level mode, and antichirality means an opposite group velocity compared to the case of chirality. Chirality is commonly observed for Weyl semimetals. Interestingly, the type-II Weyl point, with the overtilted dispersion, may flip the chirality to the antichirality, which, however, is yet to be evidenced despite numerous previous experimental efforts. Here, we implement the type-II Weyl point in sonic crystals, and by creating the pseudomagnetic fields with geometric deformation, the chirality flip of zeroth Landau levels is unambiguously demonstrated. Our Letter unveils the novel antichiral transport in the presence of time-reversal symmetry, and paves the way toward the state-of-the-art manipulation of sound waves.