Observation of non-volatile anomalous Nernst effect in altermagnet with collinear Néel vector

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Main Authors: Han, Lei, Fu, Xizhi, He, Wenqing, Zhu, Yuxiang, Dai, Jiankun, Yang, Wenfeng, Zhu, Wenxuan, Bai, Hua, Chen, Chong, Wan, Caihua, Han, Xiufeng, Song, Cheng, Liu, Junwei, Pan, Feng
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author Han, Lei
Fu, Xizhi
He, Wenqing
Zhu, Yuxiang
Dai, Jiankun
Yang, Wenfeng
Zhu, Wenxuan
Bai, Hua
Chen, Chong
Wan, Caihua
Han, Xiufeng
Song, Cheng
Liu, Junwei
Pan, Feng
author_facet Han, Lei
Fu, Xizhi
He, Wenqing
Zhu, Yuxiang
Dai, Jiankun
Yang, Wenfeng
Zhu, Wenxuan
Bai, Hua
Chen, Chong
Wan, Caihua
Han, Xiufeng
Song, Cheng
Liu, Junwei
Pan, Feng
contents Anomalous Nernst effect (ANE), a widely investigated transverse thermoelectric effect that converts waste heat into electrical energy with remarkable flexibility and integration capability, has been extended to antiferromagnets with non-collinear spin texture recently. ANE in compensated magnet with collinear Néel vector will bring more opportunities to construct magnetic-field-immune and ultrafast transverse thermoelectric converters, but remains unachieved for long. It is due to the degenerated band structure of traditional collinear compensated magnet excludes non-zero Berry curvature. Here, we realize non-volatile ANE in altermagnet Mn5Si3 thin film with collinear Neel vector, whose unique alternating spin-splitting band structure plays vital role in creating non-zero Berry curvature and hotpots of anomalous Nernst conductivity near band intersections. Interestingly, ANE is relatively weak in stoichiometric Mn5Si3, but undergoes a sixfold enhancement through strategically raising the Fermi level by additional Mn doping, indicating sensitive intrinsic influence from specific location of the Fermi level on ANE in altermagnet. Moreover, our investigation reveals a unique Neel-vector-dependent temperature-scaling relationship of anomalous Nernst conductivity in Mn5Si3. Our work not only fills a longstanding gap by confirming the presence of non-volatile ANE in collinear compensated magnet, but also enlightens thermoelectric physics related to exotic spin-splitting band structure in altermagnet.
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spellingShingle Observation of non-volatile anomalous Nernst effect in altermagnet with collinear Néel vector
Han, Lei
Fu, Xizhi
He, Wenqing
Zhu, Yuxiang
Dai, Jiankun
Yang, Wenfeng
Zhu, Wenxuan
Bai, Hua
Chen, Chong
Wan, Caihua
Han, Xiufeng
Song, Cheng
Liu, Junwei
Pan, Feng
Materials Science
Anomalous Nernst effect (ANE), a widely investigated transverse thermoelectric effect that converts waste heat into electrical energy with remarkable flexibility and integration capability, has been extended to antiferromagnets with non-collinear spin texture recently. ANE in compensated magnet with collinear Néel vector will bring more opportunities to construct magnetic-field-immune and ultrafast transverse thermoelectric converters, but remains unachieved for long. It is due to the degenerated band structure of traditional collinear compensated magnet excludes non-zero Berry curvature. Here, we realize non-volatile ANE in altermagnet Mn5Si3 thin film with collinear Neel vector, whose unique alternating spin-splitting band structure plays vital role in creating non-zero Berry curvature and hotpots of anomalous Nernst conductivity near band intersections. Interestingly, ANE is relatively weak in stoichiometric Mn5Si3, but undergoes a sixfold enhancement through strategically raising the Fermi level by additional Mn doping, indicating sensitive intrinsic influence from specific location of the Fermi level on ANE in altermagnet. Moreover, our investigation reveals a unique Neel-vector-dependent temperature-scaling relationship of anomalous Nernst conductivity in Mn5Si3. Our work not only fills a longstanding gap by confirming the presence of non-volatile ANE in collinear compensated magnet, but also enlightens thermoelectric physics related to exotic spin-splitting band structure in altermagnet.
title Observation of non-volatile anomalous Nernst effect in altermagnet with collinear Néel vector
topic Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.13427