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Kagome金属CoSn₁₋ₓInₓ中的平带巡游反铁磁性

Flat-Band Itinerant Antiferromagnetism in the Kagome Metal CoSn1-xInx

B. C. Sales, W. R. Meier, D. S. Parker, L. Yin, J. Q. Yan, A. F. May, S. Calder, A. A. Aczel, Q. Zhang, H. Li, T. Yilmaz, E. Vescovo, H. Miao, R. P. Hermann, M. A. McGuire

AI总结:

本研究通过在kagome金属CoSn中用铟替换部分锡,将费米能级移入平带区域,诱导出最高30K的巡游反铁磁性,证实阻挫晶格平带可催生新关联电子物理。

摘要:

电子在阻挫kagome晶格上跃迁的相消干涉会在电子结构中产生狄拉克节点、鞍点和平带。平带提供了窄能带以及态密度峰,当费米能级位于其中时,可产生关联电子行为。在kagome金属CoSn中,这种能级对齐并未实现,该化合物是泡利顺磁体。本研究表明,用铟替换部分锡(形成CoSn₁₋ₓInₓ)可将费米能级移入平带区域,这一结论得到能带结构计算、热容测量和角分辨光电子能谱的支持。相关的不稳定性导致了奈耳温度最高达30K的巡游反铁磁性的出现。中子衍射测量证实了长程磁有序,结果表明(当x=0.4时)每个Co原子的有序磁矩为0.1-0.2玻尔磁子。因此,CoSn₁₋ₓInₓ是罕见的具有小有序磁矩的巡游反铁磁体实例。这项工作提供了明确证据,表明体晶体中由阻挫晶格产生的平带是探索新物理的可行途径,本研究中向非磁性kagome金属引入非磁性掺杂剂后出现的磁有序现象便证明了这一点。

英文摘要:

Destructive interference of electron hopping on the frustrated kagome lattice generates Dirac nodes, saddle points, and flat bands in the electronic structure. The latter provides the narrow bands and a peak in the density of states that can generate correlated electron behavior when the Fermi level lies within them. In the kagome metal CoSn, this alignment is not realized, and the compound is a Pauli paramagnet. Here we show that replacing part of the tin with indium (CoSn1-xInx) moves the Fermi energy into the flat band region, with support from band structure calculations, heat capacity measurements, and angle resolved photoemission spectroscopy. The associated instability results in the emergence of itinerant antiferromagnetism with a Neel temperature up to 30K. Long range magnetic order is confirmed by neutron diffraction measurements, which indicate an ordered magnetic moment of 0.1-0.2 Bohr magnetons per Co (for x = 0.4). Thus, CoSn1-xInx provides a rare example of an itinerant antiferromagnet with a small ordered moment. This work provides clear evidence that flat bands arising from frustrated lattices in bulk crystals represent a viable route to new physics, evidenced here by the emergence of magnetic order upon introducing a non-magnetic dopant into a non-magnetic kagome metal.

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