Short-range magnetic order and planar anisotropy in the topological ferrimagnet Mn3⁢Si2⁢Te6

Baral, Raju; May, Andrew F.; Calder, Stuart

doi:10.1103/9pq7-5svy

Short-range magnetic order and planar anisotropy in the topological ferrimagnet Mn₃⁢Si₂⁢Te₆

Journal Article · Wed Jul 02 00:00:00 EDT 2025 · Physical Review. B

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/9pq7-5svy· OSTI ID:2573219

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Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Mn₃⁢Si₂⁢Te₆ is a ferrimagnetic topological nodal-line semiconductor that exhibits unconventional colossal magnetoresistance behavior, with short-range spin fluctuations being potentially intimately linked to the emergent properties. Here we determine the short-range magnetic order and anisotropy through total neutron scattering and polarized neutron powder diffraction measurements on polycrystalline Mn₃⁢Si_2⁢Te₆. Strong in-plane anisotropy is quantified on the Mn ions through extraction of the local site susceptibility tensor. Here, the real-space local spin structure is determined through the application of magnetic pair distribution function analysis covering a wide temperature range. Short-range order over a locally frustrated trimer of three nearest neighbors is found to exist well above the long-range ferrimagnetic transition.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division (MSE); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities (SUF)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 2573219

Journal Information:: Physical Review. B, Journal Name: Physical Review. B Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 112; ISSN 2469-9950; ISSN 2469-9969

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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