Unconventional anomalous Hall effect and large anomalous Nernst effect in antiferromagnet SmMnBi2
Kaixin Tang, Ye Yang, Jianchang Shen, Mengzhu Shi, Nan Zhang, Houpu Li, Hongyu Li, Zhengtai Liu, Dawei Shen, Rui Wang, Yang Gao, Jun-Feng He, Ziji Xiang, Xianhui Chen
Abstract
Abstract The anomalous Hall effect (AHE) and its thermoelectric counterpart, the anomalous Nernst effect (ANE), are two transverse transport coefficients that are intensely studied in condensed matter physics. While conventional wisdom links AHE and ANE to ferromagnetism, recent achievements reveal that they can emerge in nonmagnetic and antiferromagnetic topological materials with a diversity of mechanisms—many of which await further elucidation. Here, both an unconventional AHE (UAHE) that does not scale with the magnetization and a sizable ANE ( ≈ 1.8 μ V K −1 ) are shown to be possessed by the metallic tetragonal antiferromagnet SmMnBi 2 . Electronic band structure of SmMnBi 2 is investigated by angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy and first-principles calculations. It is demonstrated that the UAHE reflects the intrinsic Berry curvature contribution stemming from the spin-canted antiferromagnetism, whereas the ANE is possibly further amplified by extrinsic mechanisms. These results identify SmMnBi 2 as a promising candidate for exploring unusual transverse transport effects and the extremely rich underlying physics.