Novel magnetic states and nematic spin chirality in the kagome lattice metal YMn$_{6}$Sn$_{6}$

Autor: Ghimire, Nirmal J., Dally, Rebecca L., Poudel, L., Jones, D. C., Michel, D., Magar, N. Thapa, Bleuel, M., McGuire, Michael A., Jiang, J. S., Mitchell, J. F., Lynn, Jeffrey W., Mazin, I. I.
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Science Advances 6, eabe2680 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abe2680
Popis: Identification, understanding, and manipulation of novel magnetic textures is essential for the discovery of new quantum materials for future spin-based electronic devices. In particular, materials that manifest a large response to external stimuli such as a magnetic field are subject to intense investigation. Here, we study the kagome-net magnet YMn$_{6}$Sn$_{6}$ by magnetometry, transport, and neutron diffraction measurements combined with first principles calculations. We identify a number of nontrivial magnetic phases, explain their microscopic nature, and demonstrate that one of them hosts a large topological Hall effect (THE). We propose a new nematic chirality mechanism, reminiscent of the nematicity in Fe-based superconductors, which leads to the THE at elevated temperatures. This interesting physics comes from parametrically frustrated interplanar exchange interactions that trigger strong magnetic fluctuations. Our results pave a path to new chiral spin textures, promising for novel spintronics.
Databáze: arXiv