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arXiv 2010.08415cond-mat.mtrl-sci
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Heusler铁磁体多Weyl锥半金属体能带结构的可视化

Visualizing half-metallic bulk band structure with multiple Weyl cones of the Heusler ferromagnet

Takashi Kono, Masaaki Kakoki, Tomoki Yoshikawa, Xiaoxiao Wang, Kazuki Goto, Takayuki Muro, Rie Y. Umetsu, Akio Kimura

摘要:

利用聚焦良好的软X射线同步辐射光束,对全Heusler型Co $_2$ MnGe合金进行了角分辨光电子能谱学,以阐明其体能带结构。根据第一性原理计算的结果,在布里渊区中心发现了一个大的抛物带,并在布里渊区边界附近发现了几个与费米能级相交的带.这些费米能级交叉归因于负责电子输运的多数自旋带,特别是沿着垂直于磁阻器件的界面的方向具有极高的自旋极化。光谱证实,少数自旋带对费米表面没有贡献,表明合金具有半金属性。此外,在$X$点附近还发现了两个带交叉点的拓扑Weyl锥,由此得出结论:Co $_2$ MnGe在其半金属能带结构中可以表现出由Berry通量驱动的大的反常Hall和能斯特效应等拓扑意义上的行为.

英文摘要:

Using a well-focused soft X-ray synchrotron radiation beam, angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy was applied to a full-Heusler-type Co$_2$MnGe alloy to elucidate its bulk band structure. A large parabolic band at the Brillouin zone center and several bands that cross the Fermi level near the Brillouin zone boundary were identified in line with the results from first-principles calculations. These Fermi level crossings are ascribed to majority spin bands that are responsible for electron transport with extremely high spin polarization especially along the direction being perpendicular to the interface of magneto-resistive devices. The spectroscopy confirms there is no contribution of the minority spin bands to the Fermi surface, signifying half-metallicity for the alloy. Furthermore, two topological Weyl cones with band crossing points were identified around the $X$ point, yielding the conclusion that Co$_2$MnGe could exhibit topologically meaningful behavior such as large anomalous Hall and Nernst effects driven by the Berry flux in its half-metallic band structure.

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