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Low-energy Properties of Electrons and Holes in CuFeS$_2$

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2023-01-04 v1

Abstract

The antiferromagnetic semiconductor CuFeS2_2 belongs to a magnetic symmetry class that is of interest for spintronics applications. In addition, its crystal lattice is compatible with Si, making it possible to integrate it with non-magnetic semiconducting structures. Therefore, we investigate this material by finding the effective kp\boldsymbol{k}\cdot\boldsymbol{p} Hamiltonian for the electron- and hole bands. We base this description on \textit{ab initio} calculations and classify the electronic bands by their symmetry. As a result, we find that CuFeS2_2 exhibits spin-polarized bands and an anomalous Hall effect. Finally, we suggest using cyclotron resonance to verify our proposed effective mass tensors at the conduction band minimum and valence band maximum.

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@article{arxiv.2208.08242,
  title  = {Low-energy Properties of Electrons and Holes in CuFeS$_2$},
  author = {Bjørnulf Brekke and Roman Malyshev and Ingeborg-Helene Svenum and Sverre M. Selbach and Thomas Tybell and Christoph Brüne and Arne Brataas},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2208.08242},
  year   = {2023}
}

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13 pages, 8 figures