Giant c-axis nonlinear anomalous Hall effect in Td-MoTe2 and WTe2

Archana Tiwari; Fangchu Chen; Shazhou Zhong; Elizabeth Drueke; Jahyun Koo; Austin Kaczmarek; Cong Xiao; Jingjing Gao; Xuan Luo; Qian Niu; Yuping Sun; Binghai Yan; Liuyan Zhao; Adam W. Tsen

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-22343-5

Nature Communications (Apr 2021)

Giant c-axis nonlinear anomalous Hall effect in Td-MoTe2 and WTe2

Archana Tiwari,
Fangchu Chen,
Shazhou Zhong,
Elizabeth Drueke,
Jahyun Koo,
Austin Kaczmarek,
Cong Xiao,
Jingjing Gao,
Xuan Luo,
Qian Niu,
Yuping Sun,
Binghai Yan,
Liuyan Zhao,
Adam W. Tsen

Affiliations

Archana Tiwari: Institute for Quantum Computing, Department of Physics and Astronomy, and Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo
Fangchu Chen: Institute for Quantum Computing, Department of Physics and Astronomy, and Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo
Shazhou Zhong: Institute for Quantum Computing, Department of Physics and Astronomy, and Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo
Elizabeth Drueke: Department of Physics, University of Michigan
Jahyun Koo: Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science
Austin Kaczmarek: Department of Physics, University of Michigan
Cong Xiao: Department of Physics, The University of Texas at Austin
Jingjing Gao: Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xuan Luo: Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Qian Niu: Department of Physics, The University of Texas at Austin
Yuping Sun: Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Binghai Yan: Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science
Liuyan Zhao: Department of Physics, University of Michigan
Adam W. Tsen: Institute for Quantum Computing, Department of Physics and Astronomy, and Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22343-5
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Certain materials without inversion symmetry may allow for a nonlinear anomalous Hall effect with conserved time reversal symmetry. Here, the authors report an extremely large c-axis nonlinear anomalous Hall effect in the non-centrosymmetric Td phase of MoTe2 and WTe2 without intrinsic magnetic order that is dominated by extrinsic scattering.

Published in Nature Communications

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