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Anomalous Hall effect in a two sub-lattice ferrimagnet.

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Abstract

The anomalous Hall effect (AHE) is a characteristic of ferromagnets where a finite Hall effect proportional to the magnetization appears in zero external magnetic field. It is now known that the AHE can also arise in non-collinear and non-coplanar antiferromagnets due to spin chirality and in materials consisting of topologically non-trivial electronic structure such as Weyl semimetals. Here we will present the observation of an anomalous Hall effect in a hexagonal ferrimagnet TbMn6Sn6 consisting of two spin sub-lattices due to Mn and Tb ordering. Both spin sublattices order simultaneously above room temperature and show a spin reorientation below 310 K from the basal plane towards c-axis. The AHE that is observed at temperatures well below the spin reorientation temperature does not follow the underlying net magnetization, indicating the formation of a non-coplanar or complex chiral spins textures

Presenters

  • Nishchal Thapa Magar

    Department of Physics and Astronomy, George Mason University

Authors

  • Nishchal Thapa Magar

    Department of Physics and Astronomy, George Mason University

  • Dina Michel

    Department of Physics and Astronomy, George Mason University

  • Nirmal Ghimire

    Department of Physics and Astronomy, George Mason University, George Mason University, Argonne Natl Lab