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The interplay between ferromagnetism and topological properties of electronic band structures leads to a precise quantization of Hall resistance without any external magnetic field. This so-called quantum anomalous Hall effect (QAHE) is…

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An anomalous Hall effect (AHE) in antiferromagnetic (AF) systems with no net magnetization is of considerable interest for both fundamental physics and spintronic applications. Of particular interest is the two-dimensional van der Waals…

We investigate a new class of topological antiferromagnetic (AF) Chern insulators driven by electronic interactions in two-dimensional systems without inversion symmetry. Despite the absence of a net magnetization, AF Chern insulators…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2018-04-17 Kun Jiang , Sen Zhou , Xi Dai , Ziqiang Wang

Magnetic topological insulators (TI) provide an important material platform to explore quantum phenomena such as quantized anomalous Hall (QAH) effect and Majorana modes, etc. Their successful material realization is thus essential for our…

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)…

We demonstrate advantages of samples made by mechanical stacking of exfoliated van der Waals materials for controlling the topological surface state of a 3-dimensional topological insulator (TI) via interaction with an adjacent magnet…

The magnetic topological phases attract much interest, such as the axion insulator, higher-order topology, Weyl semimetals, and the quantum anomalous Hall effect (QAHE). Here, we predict that the axion insulator phase, magnetic Weyl points,…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-01-31 Jingyu Yao , Ruihan Zhang , Sheng Zhang , Haohao Sheng , Youguo Shi , Zhong Fang , Hongming Weng , Zhijun Wang

Driven by various physical origins, the interesting reentrant phenomena in quantum Hall effect (QHE), quantum anomalous Hall effect (QAHE) and non-Hermitian systems have been discussed recently. Here, we present that the reentrant phenomena…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-06-16 Xiaoyu Cheng , Xiaohong Zheng , Jun Chen , Liantuan Xiao , Suotang Jia , Lei Zhang

The Berry curvature in magnetic systems is attracting interest due to the potential tunability of topological features via the magnetic structure. $f$-electrons, with their large spin-orbit coupling, abundance of non-collinear magnetic…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2020-07-29 T. Asaba , Ying Su , M. Janoschek , J. D. Thompson , S. M. Thomas , E. D. Bauer , Shi-Zeng Lin , F. Ronning

Based on ab initio calculations, we predict that a monolayer of Cr-doped (Bi,Sb)2Te3 and GdI2 heterostructure is a quantum anomalous Hall insulator with a non-trivial band gap up to 38 meV. The principle behind our prediction is that the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-03-19 Gang Xu , Jing Wang , Claudia Felser , Xiao-Liang Qi , Shou-Cheng Zhang

Topologically nontrivial electronic states can give rise to novel anomalous Hall effects. The potential appearance of these effects at room temperature holds promise for their application in magnetic sensing, spintronics, and energy…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-01-24 Soumya Sankar , Xingkai Cheng , Tahir Murtaza , Caiyun Chen , Yuqi Qin , Xuezhao Wu , Qiming Shao , Rolf Lortz , Junwei Liu , Berthold Jäck

Quantum anomalous Hall (QAH) effect in magnetic topological insulators is driven by the combination of spontaneous magnetic moments and spin-orbit coupling. Its recent experimental discovery raises the question if higher plateaus can also…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-09-26 Jing Wang , Biao Lian , Haijun Zhang , Yong Xu , Shou-Cheng Zhang

Van der Waals (vdW) assembly allows controlling symmetry of two-dimensional (2D) materials that determines their physical properties. Especially interesting is the recently demonstrated breaking inversion symmetry by polar layer stacking to…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-05-24 Tengfei Cao , Ding-Fu Shao , Kai Huang , Gautam Gurung , Evgeny Y. Tsymbal

The realization of long range and insulating ferromagnetic states in topological insulator (TI) has been a pressing issue since its discovery. Only recently, such state was achieved in Cr-doped Bi2-xSbxTe3, leading to the discovery of…

Materials Science · Physics 2016-08-31 Bei Deng , Yiou Zhang , S. B. Zhang , Yayu Wang , Ke He , Junyi Zhu

Intrinsic magnetic topological insulators offers an ideal platform to explore exotic topological phenomena, such as axion electrodynamics, quantum anomalous Hall (QAH) effect and Majorana edge modes. However, these emerging new physical…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-04-09 Yadong Jiang , Huan Wang , Kejie Bao , Jing Wang

We show that the quantum anomalous Hall effect almost always occurs in magnetic topological insulator thin films whenever the top and bottom surface layer magnetizations are parallel, independent of the interior layer magnetization…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-12-07 Chao Lei , Olle Heinonen , R. J. McQueeney , A. H. MacDonald

The experimental observation of quantum anomalous Hall effect (QAHE) in magnetic topological insulators has stimulated enormous interest in condensed-matter physics and materials science. For the purpose of realizing high-temperature QAHE,…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-05-24 Yang Ma , Yu Yun , Yuehui Li , Wenyu Xing , Yunyan Yao , Ranran Cai , Yangyang Chen , Yuan Ji , Peng Gao , Xin-Cheng Xie , Wei Han

Recently, this long-sought quantum anomalous Hall effect was realized in the magnetic topological insulator. However, the requirement of an extremely low temperature (approximately 30 mK) hinders realistic applications. Based on…

Materials Science · Physics 2014-12-17 Shu-chun Wu , Guangcun Shan , Binghai Yan

Heterostructures between topological insulators (TI) and magnetic insulators represent a pathway to realize the quantum anomalous Hall effect (QAHE). Using density functional theory based systematic screening and investigation of…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-01-26 Anh Pham , Ling-Jie Zhou , Yi-Fan Zhao , Cui-Zu Chang , Timothy Charlton , P. Ganesh

In this study, we investigate intrinsic magnetic topological insulator MnBi2Te4 thin films grown by molecular beam epitaxy. We observe a reentrant quantum anomalous Hall effect when the Fermi energy enters the valance band and magnetic…