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Giant room temperature anomalous Hall effect and tunable topology in a ferromagnetic topological semimetal Co(2)MnAl

Weyl semimetals exhibit unusual surface states and anomalous transport phenomena. It is hard to manipulate the band structure topology of specific Weyl materials. Topological transport phenomena usually appear at very low temperatures, which sets challenges for applications. In this work, we demonst...

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Autores principales: Li, Peigang, Koo, Jahyun, Ning, Wei, Li, Jinguo, Miao, Leixin, Min, Lujin, Zhu, Yanglin, Wang, Yu, Alem, Nasim, Liu, Chao-Xing, Mao, Zhiqiang, Yan, Binghai
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7351740/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32651362
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17174-9
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Sumario:Weyl semimetals exhibit unusual surface states and anomalous transport phenomena. It is hard to manipulate the band structure topology of specific Weyl materials. Topological transport phenomena usually appear at very low temperatures, which sets challenges for applications. In this work, we demonstrate the band topology modification via a weak magnetic field in a ferromagnetic Weyl semimetal candidate, Co(2)MnAl, at room temperature. We observe a tunable, giant anomalous Hall effect (AHE) induced by the transition involving Weyl points and nodal rings. The AHE conductivity is as large as that of a 3D quantum AHE, with the Hall angle (Θ(H)) reaching a record value ([Formula: see text] ) at the room temperature among magnetic conductors. Furthermore, we propose a material recipe to generate large AHE by gaping nodal rings without requiring Weyl points. Our work reveals an intrinsically magnetic platform to explore the interplay between magnetic dynamics and topological physics for developing spintronic devices.