Prediction of monolayered ferromagnetic CrMnI6 as an intrinsic high-temperature quantum anomalous Hall system
| Autor: | Ping Cui, Zhenyu Zhang, Wenjia Yang, Huisheng Zhang, Xiaohong Xu |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Physics
Spintronics Condensed matter physics Transition temperature Quantum anomalous Hall effect 02 engineering and technology 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology 01 natural sciences Magnetic field Ferromagnetism Topological insulator 0103 physical sciences Monolayer 010306 general physics 0210 nano-technology Quantum |
| Zdroj: | Physical Review B. 102 |
| ISSN: | 2469-9969 2469-9950 |
| Popis: | Quantized Hall conductance without an external magnetic field, known as the quantum anomalous Hall effect (QAHE), may have important applications in dissipationless spintronics, yet to date, it has only been realized in magnetically doped topological insulators and at very low temperatures. Here we design a physically realistic system for realizing QAHE by expanding the recently discovered two-dimensional ferromagnetic insulators as a new class of candidate materials. Based on first-principles calculations, we predict that a ${\mathrm{CrMnI}}_{6}$ monolayer is energetically stable and can be readily exfoliated. This system is further shown to be a ferromagnetic insulator, with a transition temperature of $\ensuremath{\sim}87\phantom{\rule{0.16em}{0ex}}\mathrm{K}$, higher than that of ${\mathrm{CrI}}_{3}$. Most strikingly, such a monolayer is characterized as an intrinsic QAHE system with a high Chern number of $C$ = 2, and the underlying mechanism for the nontrivial topology is attributed to the two inequivalent subset sites of the Cr and Mn atoms. The present study thus provides an ideal platform for realizing high-temperature QAHE beyond the prevailing materials class of magnetically doped topological insulators. |
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