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arXiv 2009.06175cond-mat.mtrl-sci
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超薄MnBi2Te4中二维铁磁绝缘体到宽带隙量子反常霍尔绝缘体的交叉

Crossover from 2D ferromagnetic insulator to wide bandgap quantum anomalous Hall insulator in ultra-thin MnBi2Te4

Chi Xuan Trang, Qile Li, Yuefeng Yin, Jinwoong Hwang, Golrokh Akhgar, Iolanda Di Bernardo, Antonija Grubišić-Čabo, Anton Tadich, Michael S. Fuhrer, Sung- Kwan M… 展开作者

Chi Xuan Trang, Qile Li, Yuefeng Yin, Jinwoong Hwang, Golrokh Akhgar, Iolanda Di Bernardo, Antonija Grubišić-Čabo, Anton Tadich, Michael S. Fuhrer, Sung- Kwan Mo, Nikhil Medhekar, Mark T. Edmonds

摘要:

本征磁性拓扑绝缘体为在较高温度下操作的稳健磁性拓扑相提供低无序和大磁性带隙。通过控制层的厚度,涌现的现象,如量子反常霍尔(QAH)效应和轴子绝缘体相已实现。这些观察发生在明显低于大块MnBi 2 Te 4的Neel温度的温度下,并且在超薄MnBi 2 Te 4中的狄拉克点处的磁能隙的测量尚未实现。实现该系统的承诺的关键是直接测量层相关的能隙,并验证间隙是否是磁性的QAH阶段。在这里,我们利用温度相关的角度分辨光电子能谱研究外延超薄MnBi 2 Te 4。我们直接观察到一个层依赖的交叉从一个2D铁磁绝缘体的带隙大于780 meV的一个七重层(1 SL)的QAH绝缘体具有大的能隙(>100 meV)在8 K的3和5 SL MnBi 2 Te 4。QAH带隙的起源被证实是磁性的,因为它随着温度的升高而突然减小,高于8 K。直接观察到的一个大的磁能隙在QAH相的few-SL MnBi_2Te_4是有希望进一步提高QAH材料的工作温度。

英文摘要:

Intrinsic magnetic topological insulators offer low disorder and large magnetic bandgaps for robust magnetic topological phases operating at higher temperatures. By controlling the layer thickness, emergent phenomena such as the Quantum Anomalous Hall (QAH) effect and axion insulator phases have been realised. These observations occur at temperatures significantly lower than the Neel temperature of bulk MnBi2Te4, and measurement of the magnetic energy gap at the Dirac point in ultra-thin MnBi2Te4 has yet to be achieved. Critical to achieving the promise of this system is a direct measurement of the layer-dependent energy gap and verifying whether the gap is magnetic in the QAH phase. Here we utilise temperature dependent angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy to study epitaxial ultra-thin MnBi2Te4. We directly observe a layer dependent crossover from a 2D ferromagnetic insulator with a bandgap greater than 780 meV in one septuple layer (1 SL) to a QAH insulator with a large energy gap (>100 meV) at 8 K in 3 and 5 SL MnBi2Te4. The QAH gap is confirmed to be magnetic in origin, as it abruptly diminishes with increasing temperature above 8 K. The direct observation of a large magnetic energy gap in the QAH phase of few-SL MnBi2Te4 is promising for further increasing the operating temperature of QAH materials.

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