Pressure-induced ideal Weyl semimetal state in the layered antiferromagnet EuCd2As2

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Auteurs principaux: Yu1, Zhenhai, Chen, Xuejiao, Xia, Wei, Wang, Ningning, Lv, Xiaodong, Liu, Xiaolei, Su, Hao, Li, Zhongyang, Wu, Desheng, Wu, Wei, Liu, Ziyi, Zhao, Jinggeng, Li, Mingtao, Li, Shujia, Li, Xin, Dong, Zhaohui, Zhou, Chunyin, Zhang, Lili, Wang, Xia, Yu, Na, Zou, Zhiqiang, Luo, Jianlin, Cheng, Jinguang, Wang, Lin, Zhong, Zhicheng, Guo, Yanfeng
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author Yu1, Zhenhai
Chen, Xuejiao
Xia, Wei
Wang, Ningning
Lv, Xiaodong
Liu, Xiaolei
Su, Hao
Li, Zhongyang
Wu, Desheng
Wu, Wei
Liu, Ziyi
Zhao, Jinggeng
Li, Mingtao
Li, Shujia
Li, Xin
Dong, Zhaohui
Zhou, Chunyin
Zhang, Lili
Wang, Xia
Yu, Na
Zou, Zhiqiang
Luo, Jianlin
Cheng, Jinguang
Wang, Lin
Zhong, Zhicheng
Guo, Yanfeng
author_facet Yu1, Zhenhai
Chen, Xuejiao
Xia, Wei
Wang, Ningning
Lv, Xiaodong
Liu, Xiaolei
Su, Hao
Li, Zhongyang
Wu, Desheng
Wu, Wei
Liu, Ziyi
Zhao, Jinggeng
Li, Mingtao
Li, Shujia
Li, Xin
Dong, Zhaohui
Zhou, Chunyin
Zhang, Lili
Wang, Xia
Yu, Na
Zou, Zhiqiang
Luo, Jianlin
Cheng, Jinguang
Wang, Lin
Zhong, Zhicheng
Guo, Yanfeng
contents The rich nontrivial topological phases rooted in the interplay between magnetism and topology in the layered antiferromagnet EuCd2As2 have captured vast attention, especially the ideal Weyl semimetal state realized in the spin-polarized ferromagnetic (FM) structure driven by a moderate external magnetic field. In this work, combining high-pressure magnetotransport measurements, structure chracterizations and first principles calculations, we find that application of pressure can also realize the ideal Weyl state in EuCd2As2 through driving the in-plane antiferromagnetic state across an intermediate in-plane FM state then into the out-of-plane FM state. Our high-pressure angle dispersive X-ray diffraction and X-ray absorption near-edge spectroscopy measurements excluded structure transition and/or change of Eu2+ valence state as the sources for the magnetic phase transitions. Alternatively, the apparently reduced axial ratio (c/a) and compressed Eu-layer space distance should play important roles. Our result provides an alternative way to realize the ideal Weyl semimetal state in EuCd2As2 and would be instructive for the exploration of exotic topological properties in such layered magnetic topological phase with strongly competing magnetic exchanges by using high pressure.
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spellingShingle Pressure-induced ideal Weyl semimetal state in the layered antiferromagnet EuCd2As2
Yu1, Zhenhai
Chen, Xuejiao
Xia, Wei
Wang, Ningning
Lv, Xiaodong
Liu, Xiaolei
Su, Hao
Li, Zhongyang
Wu, Desheng
Wu, Wei
Liu, Ziyi
Zhao, Jinggeng
Li, Mingtao
Li, Shujia
Li, Xin
Dong, Zhaohui
Zhou, Chunyin
Zhang, Lili
Wang, Xia
Yu, Na
Zou, Zhiqiang
Luo, Jianlin
Cheng, Jinguang
Wang, Lin
Zhong, Zhicheng
Guo, Yanfeng
Materials Science
The rich nontrivial topological phases rooted in the interplay between magnetism and topology in the layered antiferromagnet EuCd2As2 have captured vast attention, especially the ideal Weyl semimetal state realized in the spin-polarized ferromagnetic (FM) structure driven by a moderate external magnetic field. In this work, combining high-pressure magnetotransport measurements, structure chracterizations and first principles calculations, we find that application of pressure can also realize the ideal Weyl state in EuCd2As2 through driving the in-plane antiferromagnetic state across an intermediate in-plane FM state then into the out-of-plane FM state. Our high-pressure angle dispersive X-ray diffraction and X-ray absorption near-edge spectroscopy measurements excluded structure transition and/or change of Eu2+ valence state as the sources for the magnetic phase transitions. Alternatively, the apparently reduced axial ratio (c/a) and compressed Eu-layer space distance should play important roles. Our result provides an alternative way to realize the ideal Weyl semimetal state in EuCd2As2 and would be instructive for the exploration of exotic topological properties in such layered magnetic topological phase with strongly competing magnetic exchanges by using high pressure.
title Pressure-induced ideal Weyl semimetal state in the layered antiferromagnet EuCd2As2
topic Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2202.06016