Recent advances in manipulation of orbital angular momentum (OAM) within the paradigm of orbitronics present a promising avenue for the design of future electronic devices. In this context, the recently observed orbital Hall effect (OHE) occupies a special place. Here, focusing on both the second-order topological and quantum anomalous Hall insulators in two-dimensional ferromagnets, we demonstrate that topological phase transitions present an efficient and straightforward way to engineer the OHE, where the OAM distribution can be controlled by the nature of the band inversion. Using first-principles calculations, we identify Janus RuBrCl and three septuple layers of MnBi2Te4 as experimentally feasible examples of the proposed mechanism of OHE engineering by topology. With our work we open up new possibilities for innovative applications in topological spintronics and orbitronics.
@article{arxiv.2404.07820,
title = {Topology-engineered orbital Hall effect in two-dimensional ferromagnets},
author = {Zhiqi Chen and Runhan Li and Yingxi Bai and Ning Mao and Mahmoud Zeer and Dongwook Go and Ying Dai and Baibiao Huang and Yuriy Mokrousov and Chengwang Niu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2404.07820},
year = {2024}
}