Anisotropic Multi-Q Order in CoxTaS2

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Main Authors: Kruppe, Jonathon, Rodriguez, Josue, Xu, Catherine, Analytis, James, Orenstein, Joseph, Sunko, Veronika
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Published: 2025
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author Kruppe, Jonathon
Rodriguez, Josue
Xu, Catherine
Analytis, James
Orenstein, Joseph
Sunko, Veronika
author_facet Kruppe, Jonathon
Rodriguez, Josue
Xu, Catherine
Analytis, James
Orenstein, Joseph
Sunko, Veronika
contents The cobalt-intercalated transition metal dichalcogenide Co$_x$TaS$_2$ hosts a rich landscape of magnetic phases that depend sensitively on $x$. While the stoichiometric compound with $x=1/3$ exhibits a single magnetic transition, samples with $x\leq 0.325$ display two transitions with an anomalous Hall effect (AHE) emerging in the lower temperature phase. Here, we resolve the spin structure in each phase by employing a suite of magneto-optical probes that include the discovery of anomalous magneto-birefringence -- a spontaneous time-reversal sensitive rotation of the principal optic axes. A symmetry-based analysis identifies the AHE-active phase as an anisotropic (2+1)\textbf{Q} state, in which magnetic modulation at one wavevector (\textbf{Q}) differs in symmetry from that at the remaining two. The (2+1)\textbf{Q} state naturally exhibits scalar spin chirality as a mechanism for the AHE and expands the classification of multi-Q magnetic phases.
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spellingShingle Anisotropic Multi-Q Order in CoxTaS2
Kruppe, Jonathon
Rodriguez, Josue
Xu, Catherine
Analytis, James
Orenstein, Joseph
Sunko, Veronika
Strongly Correlated Electrons
Materials Science
The cobalt-intercalated transition metal dichalcogenide Co$_x$TaS$_2$ hosts a rich landscape of magnetic phases that depend sensitively on $x$. While the stoichiometric compound with $x=1/3$ exhibits a single magnetic transition, samples with $x\leq 0.325$ display two transitions with an anomalous Hall effect (AHE) emerging in the lower temperature phase. Here, we resolve the spin structure in each phase by employing a suite of magneto-optical probes that include the discovery of anomalous magneto-birefringence -- a spontaneous time-reversal sensitive rotation of the principal optic axes. A symmetry-based analysis identifies the AHE-active phase as an anisotropic (2+1)\textbf{Q} state, in which magnetic modulation at one wavevector (\textbf{Q}) differs in symmetry from that at the remaining two. The (2+1)\textbf{Q} state naturally exhibits scalar spin chirality as a mechanism for the AHE and expands the classification of multi-Q magnetic phases.
title Anisotropic Multi-Q Order in CoxTaS2
topic Strongly Correlated Electrons
Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.12588