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Ferroelectricity, anti-ferromagnetism (AFM) and quantum anomalous Hall effect (QAHE) are three fundamental phenomena in the field of condensed matter physics, which could enable the realization of novel devices and thus attracts great…

Computational Physics · Physics 2023-02-13 Yan Liang , Fulu Zheng , Thomas Frauenheim , Pei Zhao

Integrating spin-dependent functionality with mainstream semiconductor technology is a central goal of modern spintronics, yet most candidate materials remain incompatible with silicon-based platforms. Here, we report the direct epitaxial…

The 'magnetoelectric effect' arises from the coupling between magnetic and electric properties in materials. The Z2 invariant of topological insulators (TIs) leads to a quantized version of this phenomenon, known as the topological…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-02-07 Di Xiao , Jue Jiang , Jae-Ho Shin , Wenbo Wang , Fei Wang , Yi-Fan Zhao , Chaoxing Liu , Weida Wu , Moses H. W. Chan , Nitin Samarth , Cui-Zu Chang

Topological insulators lacking time-reversal symmetry can exhibit the quantum anomalous Hall effect. Odd-layer thick MnBi$_2$Te$_4$ is a promising platform due to its intrinsic magnetic nature, however, quantization is rarely observed in…

Quantum anomalous Hall effect (QAHE) is a fundamental transport phenomenon in the field of condensed-matter physics. Without external magnetic field, spontaneous magnetization combined with spin-orbit coupling give rise to a quantized Hall…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-05-08 Z. F. Wang , Zheng Liu , Feng Liu

Anomalous Hall effect (AHE) plays important role in the rapidly developing field of antiferromagnetic spintronics. It has been recently discussed that it can be a feature of not only uncompensated magnetic systems but also in altermagnetic…

Topological insulator (TI) thin films with surface magnetism are expected to exhibit a quantized anomalous Hall effect (QAHE) when the magnetizations on the top and bottom surfaces are parallel, and a quantized topological magnetoelectric…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-11-11 Nezhat Pournaghavi , Anna Pertsova , Allan H. MacDonald , Carlo Canali

Anderson localization is anticipated to play a pivotal role in the manifestation of the quantum anomalous Hall effect, akin to its role in conventional quantum Hall effects. The significance of Anderson localization is particularly…

Breaking time reversal symmetry in a topological insulator may lead to quantum anomalous Hall effect and axion insulator phase. MnBi4Te7 is a recently discovered antiferromagnetic topological insulator with TN ~12.5 K, which is constituted…

The metastable layered compound MnBi2Te4 is the first experimentally realized intrinsic antiferromagnetic topological insulator, predicted to host the quantum anomalous Hall effect at high temperatures upon exfoliation to atomically thin…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-12-04 Jinliang Ning , Yanglin Zhu , Jamin Kidd , Yingdong Guan , Yu Wang , Zhiqiang Mao , Jianwei Sun

We theoretically show that the three-dimensional (3D) topological insulator (TI)/thin-film ferromagnetic metal (FMM) bilayer structure is possible to be a quantum anomalous Hall (QAH) insulator with a wide global band gap. Studying the band…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-06-30 Katsuhiro Arimoto , Takashi Koretsune , Kentaro Nomura

The anomalous Hall effect (AHE) is a non-linear Hall effect appearing in magnetic conductors, boosted by internal magnetism beyond what is expected from the ordinary Hall effect. With the recent discovery of the quantized version of the…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-05-06 Jisoo Moon , Jinwoong Kim , Nikesh Koirala , Maryam Salehi , David Vanderbilt , Seongshik Oh

The quantum anomalous Hall effect is a intriguing topological nontrivial phase arising from spontaneous magnetization and spin-orbit coupling. However, the tremendously harsh realizing requirements of the quantum anomalous Hall effects in…

Computational Physics · Physics 2020-02-18 Ping Li , Tian-Yi Cai

Here we report the reserved anomalous Hall effect (AHE) in the 5-septuple-layer van der Waals device of the intrinsic magnetic topological insulator MnBi2Te4. By employing the top/bottom gate, a negative AHE loop gradually decreases to zero…

The antiferromagnetic topological insulator has attracted lots of attention recently, as its intrinsic magnetism and topological property makes it a potential material to realize the quantum anomalous Hall effect (QAHE) at relative high…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-11-04 Fei Jiao , Jingfeng Wang , Xianyu Wang , Meixia Chang , Lingbo Cai , Shu Zhu , Di Zhang , Qing Lu , Cao Wang , Shugang Tan , Yunlong Li , Jiayuan Hu , Qiang Jing , Bo Liu , Dong Qian

When thinned down to just a few atomic layers, the layered magnetic topological insulator MnBi2Te4 offers an exceptional platform for exploring a wide range of topological phenomena. In this work, we overcome longstanding challenges in…

Transport measurements on thin films of the prototypical altermagnet MnTe have reported conflicting phenomena of anomalous Hall effects (AHE), including opposite signs and thickness-independent resistivity. Here we resolve these…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-03-13 Yufei Zhao , Saswata Mandal , Chao-Xing Liu , Binghai Yan

The quantum anomalous Hall effect is a fundamental transport response of a topologically non-trivial system in zero magnetic field. Its physical origin relies on the intrinsically inverted electronic band structure and ferromagnetism, and…

The quantum Hall (QH) effect, quantized Hall resistance combined with zero longitudinal resistance, is the characteristic experimental fingerprint of Chern insulators - topologically non-trivial states of two-dimensional matter with broken…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-02-07 Cui-Zu Chang , Chao-Xing Liu , Allan H. MacDonald

The observation of quantized anomalous Hall conductance in the forced ferromagnetic state of MnBi2Te4 thin flakes has attracted much attentions. However, strong magnetic field is needed to fully polarize the magnetic moments due to the…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-11-01 M. Z. Shi , B. Lei , C. S. Zhu , D. H. Ma , J. H. Cui , Z. L. Sun , J. J. Ying , X. H. Chen