Spin-orbit quantum impurity in a topological magnet
Abstract
Quantum states induced by single-atomic impurities are at the frontier of physics and material science. While such states have been reported in high-temperature superconductors and dilute magnetic semiconductors, they are unexplored in topological magnets which can feature spin-orbit tunability. Here we use spin-polarized scanning tunneling microscopy/spectroscopy (STM/S) to study the engineered quantum impurity in a topological magnet Co3Sn2S2. We find that each substituted In impurity introduces a striking localized bound state. Our systematic magnetization-polarized probe reveals that this bound state is spin-down polarized, in lock with a negative orbital magnetization. Moreover, the magnetic bound states of neighboring impurities interact to form quantized orbitals, exhibiting an intriguing spin-orbit splitting, analogous to the splitting of the topological fermion line. Our work collectively demonstrates the strong spin-orbit effect of the single-atomic impurity at the quantum level, suggesting that a nonmagnetic impurity can introduce spin-orbit coupled magnetic resonance in topological magnets.
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- Princeton Univ., NJ (United States)
- Peking Univ., Beijing (China)
- Sun Yat-Sen Univ., Guangzhou (China)
- Copenhagen Univ. (Denmark)
- Princeton Univ., NJ (United States); Paul Scherrer Inst. (PSI), Villigen (Switzerland)
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Renmin Univ. of China, Beijing (China)
- Academia Sinica, Taipei (Taiwan)
- Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA (United States)
- Princeton Univ., NJ (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
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- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation; National Science Foundation (NSF); National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC); National Key Research and Development Program of China; Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS); Renmin University of China; National Center for Theoretical Sciences; Ministry of Science and Technology of Taiwan; Independent Research Fund Denmark
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1676391
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-05CH11231; FG-02-05ER46200; DMR-1507585; GBMF4547; GBMF9461; U1832214; 117740072018YFA0305601; XDB28000000; 2016YFA0300504; 2018YFE0202600; 11774423; 11822412; 18XNLG14; 19XNLG17; FG02-99ER45747; MOST-107-2628-M-110-001-MY3; MOST-109-2112-M-001-014-MY3; DFF 8021-00047B
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Nature Communications
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 11; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2041-1723
- Publisher:
- Nature Publishing Group
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
Citation Formats
Yin, Jia-Xin, Shumiya, Nana, Jiang, Yuxiao, Zhou, Huibin, Macam, Gennevieve, Sura, Hano Mohammad, Zhang, Songtian S., Cheng, Zi-Jia, Guguchia, Zurab, Li, Yangmu, Wang, Qi, Litskevich, Maksim, Belopolski, Ilya, Yang, Xian P., Cochran, Tyler A., Chang, Guoqing, Zhang, Qi, Huang, Zhi-Quan, Chuang, Feng-Chuan, Lin, Hsin, Lei, Hechang, Andersen, Brian M., Wang, Ziqiang, Jia, Shuang, and Hasan, M. Zahid. Spin-orbit quantum impurity in a topological magnet. United States: N. p., 2020.
Web. doi:10.1038/s41467-020-18111-6.
Yin, Jia-Xin, Shumiya, Nana, Jiang, Yuxiao, Zhou, Huibin, Macam, Gennevieve, Sura, Hano Mohammad, Zhang, Songtian S., Cheng, Zi-Jia, Guguchia, Zurab, Li, Yangmu, Wang, Qi, Litskevich, Maksim, Belopolski, Ilya, Yang, Xian P., Cochran, Tyler A., Chang, Guoqing, Zhang, Qi, Huang, Zhi-Quan, Chuang, Feng-Chuan, Lin, Hsin, Lei, Hechang, Andersen, Brian M., Wang, Ziqiang, Jia, Shuang, & Hasan, M. Zahid. Spin-orbit quantum impurity in a topological magnet. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18111-6
Yin, Jia-Xin, Shumiya, Nana, Jiang, Yuxiao, Zhou, Huibin, Macam, Gennevieve, Sura, Hano Mohammad, Zhang, Songtian S., Cheng, Zi-Jia, Guguchia, Zurab, Li, Yangmu, Wang, Qi, Litskevich, Maksim, Belopolski, Ilya, Yang, Xian P., Cochran, Tyler A., Chang, Guoqing, Zhang, Qi, Huang, Zhi-Quan, Chuang, Feng-Chuan, Lin, Hsin, Lei, Hechang, Andersen, Brian M., Wang, Ziqiang, Jia, Shuang, and Hasan, M. Zahid. Fri .
"Spin-orbit quantum impurity in a topological magnet". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18111-6. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1676391.
@article{osti_1676391,
title = {Spin-orbit quantum impurity in a topological magnet},
author = {Yin, Jia-Xin and Shumiya, Nana and Jiang, Yuxiao and Zhou, Huibin and Macam, Gennevieve and Sura, Hano Mohammad and Zhang, Songtian S. and Cheng, Zi-Jia and Guguchia, Zurab and Li, Yangmu and Wang, Qi and Litskevich, Maksim and Belopolski, Ilya and Yang, Xian P. and Cochran, Tyler A. and Chang, Guoqing and Zhang, Qi and Huang, Zhi-Quan and Chuang, Feng-Chuan and Lin, Hsin and Lei, Hechang and Andersen, Brian M. and Wang, Ziqiang and Jia, Shuang and Hasan, M. Zahid},
abstractNote = {Quantum states induced by single-atomic impurities are at the frontier of physics and material science. While such states have been reported in high-temperature superconductors and dilute magnetic semiconductors, they are unexplored in topological magnets which can feature spin-orbit tunability. Here we use spin-polarized scanning tunneling microscopy/spectroscopy (STM/S) to study the engineered quantum impurity in a topological magnet Co3Sn2S2. We find that each substituted In impurity introduces a striking localized bound state. Our systematic magnetization-polarized probe reveals that this bound state is spin-down polarized, in lock with a negative orbital magnetization. Moreover, the magnetic bound states of neighboring impurities interact to form quantized orbitals, exhibiting an intriguing spin-orbit splitting, analogous to the splitting of the topological fermion line. Our work collectively demonstrates the strong spin-orbit effect of the single-atomic impurity at the quantum level, suggesting that a nonmagnetic impurity can introduce spin-orbit coupled magnetic resonance in topological magnets.},
doi = {10.1038/s41467-020-18111-6},
journal = {Nature Communications},
number = 1,
volume = 11,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Sep 04 00:00:00 EDT 2020},
month = {Fri Sep 04 00:00:00 EDT 2020}
}
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