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铁磁拓扑绝缘体MnSb $_2$ Te $_4$的磁性带隙研究

Probing the magnetic band gap of the ferromagnetic topological insulator MnSb$_2$Te$_4$

Philipp Küppers, Jannik Zenner, Stefan Wimmer, Gunther Springholz, Oliver Rader, Marcus Liebmann, Markus Morgenstern

摘要:

富Mn的MnSb $_2$ Te $_4$是一种铁磁拓扑绝缘体,具有最高的居里温度T_C = 45-50 K。它在拓扑表面态的狄拉克点处具有磁隙,磁隙在T_C以上消失。通过扫描隧道光谱,我们探测这个差距在不同的磁场和温度。我们首先揭示了间隙尺寸收缩,当施加高达B = 3 T的面内磁场时,但是由于磁化仅部分地在面内旋转而不完全闭合。这证实了磁隙的起源和复杂的磁结构。此外,我们还证明了在低至T_C/2的温度下能隙尺寸的时空涨落,高于T_C/2的温度时,回复磁化确实衰减。这个温度是接近的反铁磁转变温度观察到的块状型单晶的MnSb $_2$ Te $_4$,突出的重要作用,竞争的磁性订单形成有利的铁磁拓扑绝缘体。因此,我们的研究为拓扑绝缘体的复杂磁隙开口提供了至关重要的见解,这对量子反常霍尔器件具有决定性意义。

英文摘要:

Mn-rich MnSb$_2$Te$_4$ is a ferromagnetic topological insulator with yet the highest Curie temperature T_C = 45-50 K. It exhibits a magnetic gap at the Dirac point of the topological surface state that disappears above T_C. By scanning tunneling spectroscopy, we probe this gap at different magnetic fields and temperatures. We firstly reveal that the gap size shrinks, when an in-plane magnetic field of up to B = 3 T is applied, but does not close completely as the magnetization is only partially rotated in-plane. This corroborates the magnetic origin of the gap and the complex magnetic structure. In addition, we demonstrate significant spatiotemporal fluctuations of the gap size at temperatures as low as T_C/2, above which the remanent magnetization indeed decays. This temperature is close to the antiferromagnetic transition temperature observed for bulk-type single crystals of MnSb$_2$Te$_4$, highlighting the important role of competing magnetic orders in the formation of the favorable ferromagnetic topological insulator. Our study, thus, provides crucial insights into the complex magnetic gap opening of topological insulators that is decisive for quantum anomalous Hall devices.

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