Signature of tilted Dirac cones in Weiss oscillations of 8−Pmmn borophene

Abstract

Polymorph of $8\ensuremath{-}Pmmn$ borophene exhibits anisotropic tilted Dirac cones. In this work, we explore the consequences of the tilted Dirac cones in magnetotransport properties of a periodically modulated borophene. We evaluate modulation-induced diffusive conductivity by using linear response theory in low temperature regime. The application of weak spatial modulation (electric, magnetic or both) gives rise to the magnetic-field-dependent nonzero oscillatory drift velocity which causes Weiss oscillation in the longitudinal conductivity at low magnetic field. The Weiss oscillation is studied in the presence of a weak spatial electric, magnetic, and both modulations individually. The tilting of the Dirac cones gives rise to an additional contribution to the Weiss oscillation in longitudinal conductivity. Moreover, it also enhances the frequency of the Weiss oscillation and modifies its amplitude too. Most remarkably, it is found that the presence of both out-of-phase electric and magnetic modulations can cause a sizable valley polarization in diffusive conductivity. The origin of valley polarization lies in the opposite tilting of the two Dirac cones at two valleys.