Large linear non-saturating magnetoresistance and high mobility in ferromagnetic MnBi

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Beitragende

  • Yangkun He - , Max-Planck-Institut für Chemische Physik fester Stoffe (Autor:in)
  • Jacob Gayles - , Max-Planck-Institut für Chemische Physik fester Stoffe, University of South Florida (Autor:in)
  • Mengyu Yao - , Max-Planck-Institut für Chemische Physik fester Stoffe (Autor:in)
  • Toni Helm - , Max-Planck-Institut für Chemische Physik fester Stoffe, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Autor:in)
  • Tommy Reimann - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Autor:in)
  • Vladimir N. Strocov - , Paul Scherrer Institute (Autor:in)
  • Walter Schnelle - , Max-Planck-Institut für Chemische Physik fester Stoffe (Autor:in)
  • Michael Nicklas - , Max-Planck-Institut für Chemische Physik fester Stoffe (Autor:in)
  • Yan Sun - , Max-Planck-Institut für Chemische Physik fester Stoffe (Autor:in)
  • Gerhard H. Fecher - , Max-Planck-Institut für Chemische Physik fester Stoffe (Autor:in)
  • Claudia Felser - , Max-Planck-Institut für Chemische Physik fester Stoffe (Autor:in)

Abstract

A large non-saturating magnetoresistance has been observed in several nonmagnetic topological Weyl semi-metals with high mobility of charge carriers at the Fermi energy. However, ferromagnetic systems rarely display a large magnetoresistance because of localized electrons in heavy d bands with a low Fermi velocity. Here, we report a large linear non-saturating magnetoresistance and high mobility in ferromagnetic MnBi. MnBi, unlike conventional ferromagnets, exhibits a large linear non-saturating magnetoresistance of 5000% under a pulsed field of 70 T. The electrons and holes’ mobilities are both 5000 cm2V−1s−1 at 2 K, which are one of the highest for ferromagnetic materials. These phenomena are due to the spin-polarised Bi 6p band’s sharp dispersion with a small effective mass. Our study provides an approach to achieve high mobility in ferromagnetic systems with a high Curie temperature, which is advantageous for topological spintronics.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummer4576
FachzeitschriftNature communications
Jahrgang12
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 28 Juli 2021
Peer-Review-StatusJa

Externe IDs

PubMed 34321475