Magnetic crystalline-symmetry-protected axion electrodynamics and field-tunable unpinned Dirac cones in EuIn2As2

S. X. M. Riberolles; T. V. Trevisan; B. Kuthanazhi; T. W. Heitmann; F. Ye; D. C. Johnston; S. L. Bud’ko; D. H. Ryan; P. C. Canfield; A. Kreyssig; A. Vishwanath; R. J. McQueeney; L. -L. Wang; P. P. Orth; B. G. Ueland

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-21154-y

Nature Communications (Feb 2021)

Magnetic crystalline-symmetry-protected axion electrodynamics and field-tunable unpinned Dirac cones in EuIn2As2

S. X. M. Riberolles,
T. V. Trevisan,
B. Kuthanazhi,
T. W. Heitmann,
F. Ye,
D. C. Johnston,
S. L. Bud’ko,
D. H. Ryan,
P. C. Canfield,
A. Kreyssig,
A. Vishwanath,
R. J. McQueeney,
L. -L. Wang,
P. P. Orth,
B. G. Ueland

Affiliations

S. X. M. Riberolles: Ames Laboratory
T. V. Trevisan: Ames Laboratory
B. Kuthanazhi: Ames Laboratory
T. W. Heitmann: University of Missouri Research Reactor
F. Ye: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
D. C. Johnston: Ames Laboratory
S. L. Bud’ko: Ames Laboratory
D. H. Ryan: Physics Department and Centre for the Physics of Materials, McGill University
P. C. Canfield: Ames Laboratory
A. Kreyssig: Ames Laboratory
A. Vishwanath: Department of Physics and Astronomy, Harvard University
R. J. McQueeney: Ames Laboratory
L. -L. Wang: Ames Laboratory
P. P. Orth: Ames Laboratory
B. G. Ueland: Ames Laboratory

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21154-y
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Magnetic symmetry is a vital factor to determine exotic topological phases. Here, Riberolles et al. demonstrate a helical antiferromagnetic order in EuIn2As2 which makes it a magnetic topological-crystalline axion insulator.

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ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
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Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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