Article Dans Une Revue Physical Review B Année : 2023

Covalency, correlations, and interlayer interactions governing the magnetic and electronic structure of Mn 3 Si 2 Te 6

Barat Achinuq
Giovanni Vinai
Thorsten Hesjedal
Gerrit van der Laan

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Mn 3 Si 2 Te 6 is a rare example of a layered ferrimagnet. It has recently been shown to host a colossal angular magnetoresistance as the spin orientation is rotated from the in-to out-of-plane direction, proposed to be underpinned by a topological nodal-line degeneracy in its electronic structure. Nonetheless, the origins of its ferrimagnetic structure remain controversial, while its experimental electronic structure, and the role of correlations in shaping this, are little explored to date. Here, we combine x-ray and photoemission-based spectroscopies with first-principles calculations, to probe the elemental-selective electronic structure and magnetic order in Mn 3 Si 2 Te 6 .

Through these, we identify a marked Mn-Te hybridisation, which weakens the electronic correlations and enhances the magnetic anisotropy. We demonstrate how this strengthens the magnetic frustration in Mn 3 Si 2 Te 6 , which is key to stabilising its ferrimagnetic order, and find a crucial role of both exchange interactions extending beyond nearest-neighbours and anti-symmetric exchange in dictating its ordering temperature. Together, our results demonstrate a powerful methodology of using experimental electronic structure probes to constrain the parameter space for first-principles calculations of magnetic materials, and through this approach, reveal a pivotal role played by covalency in stabilising the ferrimagnetic order in Mn 3 Si 2 Te 6 .

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Chiara Bigi, Lei Qiao, Chao Liu, Paolo Barone, Monica Ciomaga Hatnean, et al.. Covalency, correlations, and interlayer interactions governing the magnetic and electronic structure of Mn 3 Si 2 Te 6. Physical Review B, 2023, 108 (5), pp.054419. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevB.108.054419⟩. ⟨hal-05321423⟩
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