ε-iron nitrides: Intrinsic anomalous Hall ferromagnets
Author(s) -
Guo-Ke Li,
Yan Liu,
Dewei Zhao,
Ping Song,
Li Ma,
Congmian Zhen,
Hui Liu,
Denglu Hou
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
apl materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.571
H-Index - 60
ISSN - 2166-532X
DOI - 10.1063/1.4913248
Subject(s) - condensed matter physics , hall effect , ferromagnetism , materials science , saturation (graph theory) , nitride , conductivity , magnetization , electrical resistivity and conductivity , nitrogen , magnetic field , physics , chemistry , nanotechnology , mathematics , combinatorics , quantum mechanics , layer (electronics)
The anomalous Hall effect in ε-iron nitrides (ε-Fe3-xN, 0 ≤ x ≤ 1) has been systematically investigated taking advantage of the fact that the exchange splitting of ε-Fe3-xN can be continuously tuned through the nitrogen concentration. It has been found that the anomalous Hall conductivity, σxyAH, is proportional to the saturation magnetization MS, i.e., σxyAH=SHMS, across significant variations in the saturation magnetization (96–1146 emu/cc). This relationship is in excellent agreement with the intrinsic mechanism as well as with the unified theory of AHE. Our results also demonstrate that the anomalous Hall conductivity is sensitive to the exchange splitting of the band structure
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