Electric control of a canted-antiferromagnetic Chern insulator

Jiaqi Cai; Dmitry Ovchinnikov; Zaiyao Fei; Minhao He; Tiancheng Song; Zhong Lin; Chong Wang; David Cobden; Jiun-Haw Chu; Yong-Tao Cui; Cui-Zu Chang; Di Xiao; Jiaqiang Yan; Xiaodong Xu

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-29259-8

Nature Communications (Mar 2022)

Electric control of a canted-antiferromagnetic Chern insulator

Jiaqi Cai,
Dmitry Ovchinnikov,
Zaiyao Fei,
Minhao He,
Tiancheng Song,
Zhong Lin,
Chong Wang,
David Cobden,
Jiun-Haw Chu,
Yong-Tao Cui,
Cui-Zu Chang,
Di Xiao,
Jiaqiang Yan,
Xiaodong Xu

Affiliations

Jiaqi Cai: Department of Physics, University of Washington
Dmitry Ovchinnikov: Department of Physics, University of Washington
Zaiyao Fei: Department of Physics, University of Washington
Minhao He: Department of Physics, University of Washington
Tiancheng Song: Department of Physics, University of Washington
Zhong Lin: Department of Physics, University of Washington
Chong Wang: Department of Physics, University of Washington
David Cobden: Department of Physics, University of Washington
Jiun-Haw Chu: Department of Physics, University of Washington
Yong-Tao Cui: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California
Cui-Zu Chang: Department of Physics, The Pennsylvania State University
Di Xiao: Department of Physics, University of Washington
Jiaqiang Yan: Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Xiaodong Xu: Department of Physics, University of Washington

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29259-8
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Exotic states emerge from the interplay between band topology and ferromagnetism, but it remains less known in canted-antiferromagnetic phase. Here, the authors realize a canted-antiferromagnetic Chern insulator in atomically-thin MnBi2Te4 with electrical control of chiral-edge state transport.

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