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Competing magnetic interactions in the antiferromagnetic topological insulator MnBi2Te4
Physical Review Letters
  • Bing Li, Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory
  • J.-Q. Yan, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  • D. Pajerowski, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  • Elijah Gordon, Ames Laboratory
  • Ana-Marija Nedic, Iowa State University
  • Y. Sizyuk, Ames Laboratory
  • Liqin Ke, Ames Laboratory
  • Peter P. Orth, Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory
  • David Vaknin, Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory
  • Robert J. McQueeney, Iowa State University
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
4-24-2020
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.167204
Abstract

The antiferromagnetic (AFM) compound MnBi2Te4 is suggested to be the first realization of an AFM topological insulator. We report on inelastic neutron scattering studies of the magnetic interactions in MnBi2Te4 that possess ferromagnetic triangular layers with AFM interlayer coupling. The spin waves display a large spin gap and pairwise exchange interactions within the triangular layer are long ranged and frustrated by large next-nearest neighbor AFM exchange. The degree of frustration suggests proximity to a variety of magnetic phases, potentially including skyrmion phases, which could be accessed in chemically tuned compounds or upon the application of symmetry-breaking fields.

Comments

This article is published as Li, Bing, J-Q. Yan, D. M. Pajerowski, Elijah Gordon, A-M. Nedić, Y. Sizyuk, Liqin Ke, P. P. Orth, D. Vaknin, and R. J. McQueeney. "Competing Magnetic Interactions in the Antiferromagnetic Topological Insulator MnBi 2 Te 4." Physical Review Letters 124, no. 16 (2020): 167204. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.167204. Posted with permission.

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American Physical Society
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en
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Citation Information
Bing Li, J.-Q. Yan, D. Pajerowski, Elijah Gordon, et al.. "Competing magnetic interactions in the antiferromagnetic topological insulator MnBi2Te4" Physical Review Letters Vol. 124 Iss. 16 (2020) p. 167204
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/peter-orth/20/