Real-Space and Reciprocal-Space Berry Phases in the Hall Effect of Mn1xFexSi

C. Franz, F. Freimuth, A. Bauer, R. Ritz, C. Schnarr, C. Duvinage, T. Adams, S. Blügel, A. Rosch, Y. Mokrousov, and C. Pfleiderer
Phys. Rev. Lett. 112, 186601 – Published 8 May 2014
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Abstract

We report an experimental and computational study of the Hall effect in Mn1xFexSi, as complemented by measurements in Mn1xCoxSi, when helimagnetic order is suppressed under substitutional doping. For small x the anomalous Hall effect (AHE) and the topological Hall effect (THE) change sign. Under larger doping the AHE remains small and consistent with the magnetization, while the THE grows by over a factor of 10. Both the sign and the magnitude of the AHE and the THE are in excellent agreement with calculations based on density functional theory. Our study provides the long-sought material-specific microscopic justification that, while the AHE is due to the reciprocal-space Berry curvature, the THE originates in real-space Berry phases.

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  • Received 9 December 2013

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.186601

© 2014 American Physical Society

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C. Franz1, F. Freimuth2, A. Bauer1, R. Ritz1, C. Schnarr1, C. Duvinage1, T. Adams1, S. Blügel2, A. Rosch3, Y. Mokrousov2, and C. Pfleiderer1

  • 1Physik-Department, Technische Universität München, James-Franck-Straße, D-85748 Garching, Germany
  • 2Institute for Advanced Simulation and Peter Grünberg Institut, Forschungszentrum Jülich and JARA, D-52425 Jülich, Germany
  • 3Institute for Theoretical Physics, Universität zu Köln, Zülpicher Straße 77, D-50937 Köln, Germany

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Vol. 112, Iss. 18 — 9 May 2014

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