Rendering of the tilting of relativistic Dirac cones in the bulk electronic bands of a quasi-two-dimensional (2D) magnetic topological semimetal achieved with insertion of hydrogen that generates tunable low-dissipation chiral charge currents.
A team of physicists led by T九色视频鈥檚 Lia Krusin-Elbaum has developed a novel technique that uses hydrogen cations (H+) to manipulate relativistic electronic bandstructures in a magnetic Weyl semimetal -- a topological material where electrons mimic massless particles called Weyl fermions. These particles are distinguished by their chirality or 鈥渉andedness鈥 linked to their spin and momentum.
In the magnetic material MnSb鈧俆e鈧, researchers unveiled a fascinating ability to 鈥渢une鈥 and enhance the chirality of electronic transport by introducing hydrogen ions, reshaping on-demand the energy landscapes -- called Weyl nodes -- within the material. This finding could open a breadth of new quantum device platforms for harnessing emergent topological states for novel chiral nano-spintronics and fault-tolerant quantum computing. Entitled 鈥淭ransport chirality generated by a tunable tilt of Weyl nodes in a van der Waals topological magnet,鈥 the study appears in the journal .
The tuning of Weyl nodes with H+ heals the system鈥檚 (Mn-Te) bond disorder and lowers the internode scattering. In this process -- which The City College team tests in the using angularly-resolved electrical transport -- electrical charges move differently when the in-plane magnetic field is rotated clockwise or counterclockwise, generating desirable low-dissipation currents. The reshaped Weyl states feature a doubled Curie temperature and a strong angular transport chirality synchronous with a rare field-antisymmetric longitudinal resistance -- a low-field tunable 鈥榗hiral switch鈥 that is rooted in the interplay of topological Berry curvature, chiral anomaly and a hydrogen-mediated form of Weyl nodes.
鈥淭he major advance of this work is enlarging the breadth of designer topological quantum materials beyond nature鈥檚 blueprint. Tunable topological bandstructures facilitated by hydrogen or other light elements through defect-related pathways expand the availability of accessible platforms for exploring and harnessing topological phases with stunning macroscopic behaviors, opening a path to a potentially disruptive chirality-based implementations in future quantum devices,鈥 said Krusin-Elbaum, professor in CCNY鈥檚 Division of Science.
The research in the Krusin Lab centers on exploring novel quantum phenomena such as Quantum Anomalous Hall (QAH) effect, which describes an insulator that conducts dissipationless current in discrete channels on its surfaces, 2D superconductivity, and axion state phenomena featuring a quantized thermal transport, all with the potential if industrialized to advance energy-efficient technologies. Krusin-Elbaum and her team said that the technique they have demonstrated is very general and ultimately may advance the potential of intrinsic topological magnets to transform future quantum electronics.
The CCNY-based is a partner in the research. It strives to solve fundamental problems in novel functional materials systems that have vital scientific and technological importance. The research is supported in part by the National Science Foundation.
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