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Pressure effect on the anomalous Hall effect of ferromagnetic Weyl semimetal C o3 S n2 S2

  • Z. Y. Liu
  • , T. Zhang
  • , S. X. Xu
  • , P. T. Yang
  • , Q. Wang
  • , H. C. Lei
  • , Y. Sui
  • , Y. Uwatoko
  • , B. S. Wang
  • , H. M. Weng
  • , J. P. Sun
  • , J. G. Cheng
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • School of Physics, Harbin Institute of Technology
  • University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Renmin University of China
  • The University of Tokyo
  • Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory

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Abstract

The magnetic Weyl semimetal Co3Sn2S2 exhibits large anomalous Hall effect (AHE) due to its nontrivial band topology with enhanced Berry curvature. Here we investigate the pressure effect on the AHE of Co3Sn2S2 up to 12 GPa with a palm cubic anvil cell apparatus and first-principles calculations simulation. We find that both the ferromagnetic transition temperature and the AHE are suppressed monotonically upon the application of high pressure. Data analyses revealed that in the investigated pressure range the intrinsic mechanism due to Berry curvature dominates the AHE as reflected by the validation of ρxyA-ρxx2. However, both the anomalous Hall conductivity and anomalous Hall angle are reduced gradually into the regime for conventional ferromagnetic metals with trivial band topology. Combined with theoretical calculations, our results indicate that the distance between Weyl points with opposite chirality in Co3Sn2S2 is substantially reduced accompanying the suppression of ferromagnetism by pressure, thus providing an experimental route to tune the AHE of magnetic Weyl semimetals via modifying the nontrivial band topology.

Original languageEnglish
Article number044203
JournalPhysical Review Materials
Volume4
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2020
Externally publishedYes

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