Two types of colossal magnetoresistance with distinct mechanisms in Eu5In2As6

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Hauptverfasser: Balguri, Sudhaman, Mahendru, Mira B., Delgado, Enrique O. Gonzalez, Fruhling, Kyle, Yao, Xiaohan, Graf, David E., Rodriguez-Rivera, Jose A., Aczel, Adam A., Rydh, Andreas, Gaudet, Jonathan, Tafti, Fazel
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author Balguri, Sudhaman
Mahendru, Mira B.
Delgado, Enrique O. Gonzalez
Fruhling, Kyle
Yao, Xiaohan
Graf, David E.
Rodriguez-Rivera, Jose A.
Aczel, Adam A.
Rydh, Andreas
Gaudet, Jonathan
Tafti, Fazel
author_facet Balguri, Sudhaman
Mahendru, Mira B.
Delgado, Enrique O. Gonzalez
Fruhling, Kyle
Yao, Xiaohan
Graf, David E.
Rodriguez-Rivera, Jose A.
Aczel, Adam A.
Rydh, Andreas
Gaudet, Jonathan
Tafti, Fazel
contents Recent reports of colossal negative magnetoresistance (CMR) in a few magnetic semimetals and semiconductors have attracted attention, because these materials are devoid of the conventional mechanisms of CMR such as mixed valence, double exchange interaction, and Jahn-Teller distortion. New mechanisms have thus been proposed, including topological band structure, ferromagnetic clusters, orbital currents, and charge ordering. The CMR in these compounds has been reported in two forms: either a resistivity peak or a resistivity upturn suppressed by a magnetic field. Here we reveal both types of CMR in a single antiferromagnetic semiconductor Eu5In2As6. Using the transport and thermodynamic measurements, we demonstrate that the peak-type CMR is likely due to the percolation of magnetic polarons with increasing magnetic field, while the upturn-type CMR is proposed to result from the melting of a charge order under the magnetic field. We argue that similar mechanisms operate in other compounds, offering a unifying framework to understand CMR in seemingly different materials.
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spellingShingle Two types of colossal magnetoresistance with distinct mechanisms in Eu5In2As6
Balguri, Sudhaman
Mahendru, Mira B.
Delgado, Enrique O. Gonzalez
Fruhling, Kyle
Yao, Xiaohan
Graf, David E.
Rodriguez-Rivera, Jose A.
Aczel, Adam A.
Rydh, Andreas
Gaudet, Jonathan
Tafti, Fazel
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Materials Science
Recent reports of colossal negative magnetoresistance (CMR) in a few magnetic semimetals and semiconductors have attracted attention, because these materials are devoid of the conventional mechanisms of CMR such as mixed valence, double exchange interaction, and Jahn-Teller distortion. New mechanisms have thus been proposed, including topological band structure, ferromagnetic clusters, orbital currents, and charge ordering. The CMR in these compounds has been reported in two forms: either a resistivity peak or a resistivity upturn suppressed by a magnetic field. Here we reveal both types of CMR in a single antiferromagnetic semiconductor Eu5In2As6. Using the transport and thermodynamic measurements, we demonstrate that the peak-type CMR is likely due to the percolation of magnetic polarons with increasing magnetic field, while the upturn-type CMR is proposed to result from the melting of a charge order under the magnetic field. We argue that similar mechanisms operate in other compounds, offering a unifying framework to understand CMR in seemingly different materials.
title Two types of colossal magnetoresistance with distinct mechanisms in Eu5In2As6
topic Strongly Correlated Electrons
Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.13361