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Guguchia Z, Verezhak JAT, Gawryluk DJ, Tsirkin SS, Yin JX, Belopolski I, Zhou H, Simutis G, Zhang SS, Cochran TA, Chang G, Pomjakushina E, Keller L, Skrzeczkowska Z, Wang Q, Lei HC, Khasanov R, Amato A, Jia S, Neupert T, Luetkens H, Hasan MZ. Tunable anomalous Hall conductivity through volume-wise magnetic competition in a topological kagome magnet. Nat Commun 2020; 11:559. [PMID: 31992705 PMCID: PMC6987130 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-14325-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2019] [Accepted: 12/17/2019] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
Abstract
Magnetic topological phases of quantum matter are an emerging frontier in physics and material science. Along these lines, several kagome magnets have appeared as the most promising platforms. Here, we explore magnetic correlations in the kagome magnet Co3Sn2S2. Using muon spin-rotation, we present evidence for competing magnetic orders in the kagome lattice of this compound. Our results show that while the sample exhibits an out-of-plane ferromagnetic ground state, an in-plane antiferromagnetic state appears at temperatures above 90 K, eventually attaining a volume fraction of 80% around 170 K, before reaching a non-magnetic state. Strikingly, the reduction of the anomalous Hall conductivity (AHC) above 90 K linearly follows the disappearance of the volume fraction of the ferromagnetic state. We further show that the competition of these magnetic phases is tunable through applying either an external magnetic field or hydrostatic pressure. Our results taken together suggest the thermal and quantum tuning of Berry curvature induced AHC via external tuning of magnetic order.
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Affiliation(s)
- Z Guguchia
- Laboratory for Muon Spin Spectroscopy, Paul Scherrer Institute, CH-5232, Villigen PSI, Switzerland.
- Laboratory for Topological Quantum Matter and Spectroscopy, Department of Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 08544, USA.
| | - J A T Verezhak
- Laboratory for Muon Spin Spectroscopy, Paul Scherrer Institute, CH-5232, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
| | - D J Gawryluk
- Laboratory for Multiscale Materials Experiments, Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
| | - S S Tsirkin
- Department of Physics, University of Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, Zurich, Switzerland
| | - J-X Yin
- Laboratory for Topological Quantum Matter and Spectroscopy, Department of Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 08544, USA
| | - I Belopolski
- Laboratory for Topological Quantum Matter and Spectroscopy, Department of Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 08544, USA
| | - H Zhou
- International Center for Quantum Materials and School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing, China
- CAS Center for Excellence in Topological Quantum Computation, University of Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China
| | - G Simutis
- Laboratory for Muon Spin Spectroscopy, Paul Scherrer Institute, CH-5232, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
| | - S-S Zhang
- Laboratory for Topological Quantum Matter and Spectroscopy, Department of Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 08544, USA
| | - T A Cochran
- Laboratory for Topological Quantum Matter and Spectroscopy, Department of Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 08544, USA
| | - G Chang
- Laboratory for Topological Quantum Matter and Spectroscopy, Department of Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 08544, USA
| | - E Pomjakushina
- Laboratory for Multiscale Materials Experiments, Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
| | - L Keller
- Laboratory for Neutron Scattering, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
| | - Z Skrzeczkowska
- Laboratory for Multiscale Materials Experiments, Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
| | - Q Wang
- Department of Physics and Beijing Key Laboratory of Opto-electronic Functional Materials and Micro-nano Devices, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China
| | - H C Lei
- Department of Physics and Beijing Key Laboratory of Opto-electronic Functional Materials and Micro-nano Devices, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China
| | - R Khasanov
- Laboratory for Muon Spin Spectroscopy, Paul Scherrer Institute, CH-5232, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
| | - A Amato
- Laboratory for Muon Spin Spectroscopy, Paul Scherrer Institute, CH-5232, Villigen PSI, Switzerland
| | - S Jia
- International Center for Quantum Materials and School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing, China
- CAS Center for Excellence in Topological Quantum Computation, University of Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China
| | - T Neupert
- Department of Physics, University of Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, Zurich, Switzerland
| | - H Luetkens
- Laboratory for Muon Spin Spectroscopy, Paul Scherrer Institute, CH-5232, Villigen PSI, Switzerland.
| | - M Z Hasan
- Laboratory for Topological Quantum Matter and Spectroscopy, Department of Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 08544, USA.
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