Significant electron-magnon scattering in layered ferromagnet Cr$_2$Te$_3$

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Autores principales: Wang, Yujun, Wang, Shunzhen, Kawaguchi, Masashi, Uzuhashi, Jun, Patel, Akhilesh Kumar, Nawa, Kenji, Sakuraba, Yuya, Ohkubo, Tadakatsu, Kohno, Hiroshi, Hayashi, Masamitsu
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author Wang, Yujun
Wang, Shunzhen
Kawaguchi, Masashi
Uzuhashi, Jun
Patel, Akhilesh Kumar
Nawa, Kenji
Sakuraba, Yuya
Ohkubo, Tadakatsu
Kohno, Hiroshi
Hayashi, Masamitsu
author_facet Wang, Yujun
Wang, Shunzhen
Kawaguchi, Masashi
Uzuhashi, Jun
Patel, Akhilesh Kumar
Nawa, Kenji
Sakuraba, Yuya
Ohkubo, Tadakatsu
Kohno, Hiroshi
Hayashi, Masamitsu
contents A layered ferromagnet Cr$_2$Te$_3$ is attracting growing interest because of its unique electronic and magnetic properties. Studies have shown that it exhibits sizable anomalous Hall effect (AHE) that changes sign with temperature. The origin of the AHE and the sign change, however, remains elusive. Here we show experimentally that electron-magnon scattering significantly contributes to the AHE in Cr$_2$Te$_3$ through magnon induced skew scattering, and that the sign change is caused by the competition with the Berry-curvature or impurity-induced side-jump contribution. The electron-magnon skew scattering is expected to arise from the exchange interaction between the itinerant Te $p$-electrons and the localized Cr $d$-electrons modified by the strong spin-orbit coupling on Te. These results suggest that the magnon-induced skew scattering can dominate the AHE in layered ferromagnets with heavy elements.
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spellingShingle Significant electron-magnon scattering in layered ferromagnet Cr$_2$Te$_3$
Wang, Yujun
Wang, Shunzhen
Kawaguchi, Masashi
Uzuhashi, Jun
Patel, Akhilesh Kumar
Nawa, Kenji
Sakuraba, Yuya
Ohkubo, Tadakatsu
Kohno, Hiroshi
Hayashi, Masamitsu
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Materials Science
A layered ferromagnet Cr$_2$Te$_3$ is attracting growing interest because of its unique electronic and magnetic properties. Studies have shown that it exhibits sizable anomalous Hall effect (AHE) that changes sign with temperature. The origin of the AHE and the sign change, however, remains elusive. Here we show experimentally that electron-magnon scattering significantly contributes to the AHE in Cr$_2$Te$_3$ through magnon induced skew scattering, and that the sign change is caused by the competition with the Berry-curvature or impurity-induced side-jump contribution. The electron-magnon skew scattering is expected to arise from the exchange interaction between the itinerant Te $p$-electrons and the localized Cr $d$-electrons modified by the strong spin-orbit coupling on Te. These results suggest that the magnon-induced skew scattering can dominate the AHE in layered ferromagnets with heavy elements.
title Significant electron-magnon scattering in layered ferromagnet Cr$_2$Te$_3$
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.11182