Surface Originated Cross-Field Anomalous Transport in Magnetoelectric Multilayers
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| author | Cao, Jin Du, Wei Zhang, Xue-Jin Xiao, Cong Niu, Qian Yang, Shengyuan A. |
| author_facet | Cao, Jin Du, Wei Zhang, Xue-Jin Xiao, Cong Niu, Qian Yang, Shengyuan A. |
| contents | In material systems with slab geometry, the surface contribution to physical responses is commonly expected to diminish rapidly with increasing thickness, giving way to the bulk response. Here, we show that this conventional wisdom is violated in a class of gate-induced responses, including gate-induced orbital and spin magnetization as well as cross-field anomalous thermoelectric transport. We develop a general framework for these effects, which naturally decomposes the total response into surface- and bulk-contributions treated on equal footing. Remarkably, the volume-averaged surface contribution remains finite in the thick-slab limit and exhibits the same thickness scaling as the bulk term. Furthermore, the surface response originates from band geometric quantities distinct from those in the bulk, being constrained solely by surface symmetries. As a result, it can dominate the overall response when the bulk contribution is symmetry-forbidden. Taking MnBi$_2$Te$_4$ multilayers as an example, we predict a strong surface-dominated cross-field anomalous Nernst effect arising from surface Berry curvature, which is readily accessible to experimental detection. These findings reveal a previously overlooked significance of surface response and open a new direction in the study of surface quantum geometry. |
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| spellingShingle | Surface Originated Cross-Field Anomalous Transport in Magnetoelectric Multilayers Cao, Jin Du, Wei Zhang, Xue-Jin Xiao, Cong Niu, Qian Yang, Shengyuan A. Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Materials Science In material systems with slab geometry, the surface contribution to physical responses is commonly expected to diminish rapidly with increasing thickness, giving way to the bulk response. Here, we show that this conventional wisdom is violated in a class of gate-induced responses, including gate-induced orbital and spin magnetization as well as cross-field anomalous thermoelectric transport. We develop a general framework for these effects, which naturally decomposes the total response into surface- and bulk-contributions treated on equal footing. Remarkably, the volume-averaged surface contribution remains finite in the thick-slab limit and exhibits the same thickness scaling as the bulk term. Furthermore, the surface response originates from band geometric quantities distinct from those in the bulk, being constrained solely by surface symmetries. As a result, it can dominate the overall response when the bulk contribution is symmetry-forbidden. Taking MnBi$_2$Te$_4$ multilayers as an example, we predict a strong surface-dominated cross-field anomalous Nernst effect arising from surface Berry curvature, which is readily accessible to experimental detection. These findings reveal a previously overlooked significance of surface response and open a new direction in the study of surface quantum geometry. |
| title | Surface Originated Cross-Field Anomalous Transport in Magnetoelectric Multilayers |
| topic | Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Materials Science |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.30050 |