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磁性拓扑绝缘体的结构调谐磁性和拓扑

Structural tuning magnetism and topology in a magnetic topological insulator

Christopher Eckberg, Gang Qiu, Tao Qu, Sohee Kwon, Yuhang Liu, Lixuan Tai, David Graf, Su Kong Chong, Peng Zhang, Kin L. Wong, Roger K. Lake, Mahesh R. Neupane, Kang L. Wang

摘要:

迄今为止,最广泛研究的量子反常霍尔绝缘体(QAHI)平台是通过将磁性离子稀释掺杂到合金化的碲铁矿拓扑绝缘体(TI)(Bi $_{1-x}$ Sb $_x$)$_2$ Te $_3$(BST)的薄膜中来实现的。在这些薄膜中,长程磁有序的过渡金属取代打开交换间隙$Δ$的拓扑表面状态,稳定自旋极化,无耗散的边缘通道与非零陈数$\mathcal{C}$。空间上分离的磁性离子的长程有序性本身由宿主TI中的电子态介导,导致磁性和电子性质之间的复杂反馈。在这里,我们提出了一个基于BST的QAHI系统的电子和磁响应的研究,通过静水压力的结构调整。我们确定了一个系统的压缩应变下的拓扑间隙的关闭伴随着同时增强的磁有序强度。结合这些实验结果与第一性原理计算,我们确定结构变形作为一个强大的调谐参数,以穿越丰富的拓扑相空间和修改磁性掺杂BST系统的磁性。

英文摘要:

To date, the most widely-studied quantum anomalous Hall insulator (QAHI) platform is achieved by dilute doping of magnetic ions into thin films of the alloyed tetradymite topological insulator (TI) (Bi$_{1-x}$Sb$_x$)$_2$Te$_3$ (BST). In these films, long-range magnetic ordering of the transition metal substituants opens an exchange gap $Δ$ in the topological surface states, stabilizing spin-polarized, dissipationless edge channels with a nonzero Chern number $\mathcal{C}$. The long-range ordering of the spatially separated magnetic ions is itself mediated by electronic states in the host TI, leading to a sophisticated feedback between magnetic and electronic properties. Here we present a study of the electronic and magnetic response of a BST-based QAHI system to structural tuning via hydrostatic pressure. We identify a systematic closure of the topological gap under compressive strain accompanied by a simultaneous enhancement in the magnetic ordering strength. Combining these experimental results with first-principle calculations we identify structural deformation as a strong tuning parameter to traverse a rich topological phase space and modify magnetism in the magnetically doped BST system.

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