Magnetic resonance induced pseudoelectric field and giant current response in axion insulators

Yu, Jiabin; Zang, Jiadong; Liu, Chao-Xing

doi:10.1103/physrevb.100.075303

Title: Magnetic resonance induced pseudoelectric field and giant current response in axion insulators

Journal Article · Tue Aug 27 00:00:00 EDT 2019 · Physical Review B

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.100.075303· OSTI ID:1613094

Yu, Jiabin ^[1]; Zang, Jiadong ^[2]; Liu, Chao-Xing ^[1]

Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States)
Univ. of New Hampshire, Durham, NH (United States)

Here, a quantized version of the magnetoelectric effect, known as the topological magnetoelectric effect, can exist in a time-reversal invariant topological insulator with all its surface states gapped out by magnetism. This topological phase, called the axion insulator phase, has been theoretically proposed but still lacks conclusive experimental evidence due to the small signal of topological magnetoelectric effect. In this work, we propose that the dynamical in-plane magnetization in an axion insulator can generate a pseudoelectric field, which acts on the surface state of topological insulator films and leads to the nonzero response current. Strikingly, we find that the current at magnetic resonance (either ferromagnetic or antiferromagnetic) is larger than that of topological magnetoelectric effect by several orders of magnitude and thereby serves as evidence to confirm the axion insulator phase in the candidate materials.

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Research Organization:: Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

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OSTI ID:: 1613094

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1559070

Journal Information:: Physical Review B, Vol. 100, Issue 7; ISSN 2469-9950

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