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Magneto-optical effects like Kerr and Faraday rotations provide a direct probe of topological order in thin films of the magnetic topological insulator MnBi$_2$Te$_4$ (MBT). Motivated by recent experimental studies of spin-flip/flop…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-03-11 Shahid Sattar , Roman Stepanov , A. H. MacDonald , C. M. Canali

MnBi$_2$Te$_4$ (MBT) is a promising antiferromagnetic topological insulator whose films provide access to novel and technologically important topological phases, including quantum anomalous Hall states and axion insulators. MBT device…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2021-06-16 C. Lei , O. Heinonen , A. H. MacDonald , R. J. McQueeney

MnBi$_2$Te$_4$ (MBT) is an ideal platform for studying the interplay between magnetism and topology. Many exotic topological phenomena, such as the quantum anomalous Hall effect and the axion insulator, have been observed in few-layer MBT.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-03-20 Xingyue Han , An-Hsi Chen , Matthew Brahlek , Liang Wu

Bulk MnBi$_2$Te$_4$ (MBT) is an intrinsic antiferromagnetic topological insulator. However, its low N\'eel temperature of $\sim 25\,\mathrm{K}$ severely restricts its practical applications. Here, we propose a van der Waals heterostructure…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-08-12 Yuanhao Zhu , Xixi Yuan , Ying Zhao , Jin Zhang , Zijing Ding , Huixia Fu

MnBi2Te4 (MBT) is a typical magnetic topological insulator with an A-type antiferromagnetic (AFM) ground state. Here we prepared ultra-thin MBT films with controlled anti-site defects and observed rich doping-dependent magnetic behaviors.…

We demonstrate spin-orbit torque (SOT) switching of amorphous CoTb single layer films with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA). The switching sustains even the film thickness is above 10 nm, where the critical switching current density…

Ferroelectric control of two-dimensional magnetism is promising in fabricating electronic devices with high speed and low energy consumption. The newly discovered layered MnBi$_2$Te$_4$(Bi$_2$Te$_3$)$_n$ and their Sb counterparts exhibit…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-09-29 Guoliang Yu , Chuhan Tang , Zhiqiang Tian , Ziming Zhu , Anlian Pan , Mingxing Chen , Xing-Qiu Chen

The intrinsic magnetic order, large topological-magnetic gap and rich topological phases make MnBi2Te4 a wonderful platform to study exotic topological quantum states such as axion insulator and Chern insulator. To realize and manipulate…

We propose a magnetic topological transistor based on MnBi$_{2}$Te$_{4}$, in which the "on" state (quantized conductance) and the "off" state (zero conductance) can be easily switched by changing the relative direction of two adjacent…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-03-16 Hai-Peng Sun , Chang-An Li , Sang-Jun Choi , Song-Bo Zhang , Hai-Zhou Lu , Björn Trauzettel

Understanding the nature of surface states and their exchange gaps in magnetic topological insulator MnBi$_2$Te$_4$ (MBT) thin films is crucial for achieving robust topological Chern and Axion insulating phases where the Quantum Anomalous…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-05-13 Shahid Sattar , Daniel Hedman , C. M. Canali

The intrinsic magnetic topological insulator MnBi2Te4 (MBT) has provided a platform for the successful realization of exotic quantum phenomena. To broaden the horizons of MBT-based material systems, we intercalate ferromagnetic MnTe layers…

We discuss the magnetic and topological properties of bulk crystals and quasi-two-dimensional thin films formed by stacking intrinsic magnetized topological insulator ( for example Mn(Sb$_{x}$Bi$_{1-x}$)$_2$X$_4$ with X = Se,Te, including…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-11-04 Chao Lei , Shu Chen , Allan H. MacDonald

Using density functional theory based calculations, we show that the correlated mixed-valent compound SmO is a 3D strongly topological semi-metal as a result of a 4$f$-5$d$ band inversion at the X point. The [001] surface Bloch spectral…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-05-20 Deepa Kasinathan , Klaus Koepernik , L. H. Tjeng , Maurits W. Haverkort

Magnetic topological insulators and their heterostructures provide great opportunities in coupling band topology with nontrivial spin configuration for enhanced spintronic device performance as well as designing totally new magnetoelectric…

In this letter, we propose a mechanism to control the magnetic properties of topological quantum material (TQM) by using magnetoelectric coupling: this mechanism uses a heterostructure of TQM with two-dimensional (2D) ferroelectric…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-05-05 Wei Luo , Mao-Hua Du , Fernando A. Reboredo , Mina Yoon

Based on the first-principles calculations and theoretical analysis, we investigate the electronic structures, topological phase transition (TPT) and topological properties of layered magnetic compound MnSb2Te4. It has the similar crystal…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-08-12 Liqin Zhou , Zhiyun Tan , Dayu Yan , Zhong Fang , Youguo Shi , Hongming Weng

The interplay of non-trivial band topology and magnetism gives rise to a series of exotic quantum phenomena, such as the emergent quantum anomalous Hall (QAH) effect and topological magnetoelectric effect. Many of these quantum phenomena…

Combining first-principles calculations and tight-binding Hamiltonians, we study the stack-dependent behaviour of electronic and topological properties of layered antiferromagnet MnBi$_2$Te$_4$. Lateral shift of top septuple-layer greatly…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-03-05 Jiaheng Li , Quansheng Wu , Hongming Weng

The topological magneto-electric effect (TME) is a characteristic property of topological insulators. In this article, we use a simplified coupled-Dirac-cone electronic structure model to theoretically evaluate the THz and far infrared Kerr…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-07-10 Chao Lei , Allan H. MacDonald

We theoretically study the effect of low-frequency light pulses in resonance with phonons in the topological and magnetically ordered two septuple-layer (2-SL) MnBi2Te4 (MBT) and MnSb2Te4 (MST). These materials share symmetry properties and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-05-12 Martin Rodriguez-Vega , Ze-Xun Lin , A. Leonardo , A. Ernst , M. G. Vergniory , Gregory A. Fiete
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