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偶奇层依赖的交换偏置效应在MnBi2Te4陈绝缘体器件中

Even-Odd Layer-Dependent Exchange Bias Effect in MnBi2Te4 Chern Insulator Devices

The Pennsylvania State University(宾夕法尼亚州立大学);Nanjing University(南京大学);Nankai University(南开大学);National Institute for Materials Science(国立材料研究所);Oak Ridge National Laboratory(橡树岭国家实验室);University of California, Riverside(加州大学河滨分校)

Bo Chen, Xiaoda Liu, Yu-Hang Li, Han Tay, Takashi Taniguchi, Kenji Watanabe, Moses. H. W. Chan, Jiaqiang Yan, Fengqi Song, Ran Cheng, Cui-Zu Chang

AI总结:

研究揭示MnBi2Te4器件中偶奇层依赖的交换偏置效应,通过磁化场训练发现奇数层器件具有显著交换偏置,理论计算解释为表面与体磁性差异所致,凸显了零磁场量子反常霍尔效应在奇数层器件中的挑战。

摘要:

具有磁性和非平凡能带结构的磁性拓扑材料表现出许多新颖的量子现象,包括量子反常霍尔效应、轴子绝缘体态和韦伊尔半金属相。作为一种 stoichiometric 层状反铁磁拓扑绝缘体,MnBi2Te4 薄膜显示出迷人的偶奇层依赖物理。在本工作中,我们利用 stencil masks 制造了一系列 MnBi2Te4 薄片器件,并在高磁场下观察到陈绝缘体态,在零磁场附近所有器件均观察到方形磁滞回路。在磁化场训练后,奇数但非偶数七重层(SL)器件中观察到显著的交换偏置效应。我们的理论计算将这种偶奇层依赖的交换偏置效应解释为 MnBi2Te4 器件表面和体磁性性质差异的结果。我们的发现揭示了 MnBi2Te4 薄片的微观磁性配置,并突显了在奇数 SL MnBi2Te4 器件中复制零磁场量子反常霍尔效应的挑战。

英文摘要:

Magnetic topological materials with coexisting magnetism and non-trivial band structures exhibit many novel quantum phenomena, including the quantum anomalous Hall effect, the axion insulator state, and the Weyl semimetal phase. As a stoichiometric layered antiferromagnetic topological insulator, thin films of MnBi2Te4 show fascinating even-odd layer-dependent physics. In this work, we fabricate a series of thin-flake MnBi2Te4 devices using stencil masks and observe the Chern insulator state at high magnetic fields and a square hysteresis loop near zero magnetic field in all these devices. Upon magnetic field training, a large exchange bias effect is observed in odd but not in even septuple layer (SL) devices. Our theoretical calculations interpret this even-odd layer-dependent exchange bias effect as a consequence of contrasting surface and bulk magnetic properties of MnBi2Te4 devices. Our findings reveal the microscopic magnetic configuration of MnBi2Te4 thin flakes and highlight the challenges in replicating the zero magnetic field quantum anomalous Hall effect in odd SL MnBi2Te4 devices.

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