Axion insulator state in ferromagnetically ordered CrI3/Bi2Se3/MnBi2Se4 heterostructures
Abstract
Ferromagnetic (FM) axion insulators may greatly simplify experimental explorations of the topological magnetoelectric effect, as the FM ordering can be stable in a broad range of magnetic field. Through density functional theory calculations and four-band model studies, we find that two-dimensional van der Waals FM CrI3 and MnBi2Se4 overlayers induce opposite-sign exchange fields in the topological surface states of Bi2Se3 film when they are ferromagnetically ordered. As a consequence, the CrI3/Bi2Se3/MnBi2Se4 heterostructure is a robust FM axion insulator, according to surface-resolved Berry curvature calculations. Our work opens up opportunities for the design of materials with the topological magnetoelectric effect.
- Authors:
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- Univ. of California, Irvine, CA (United States)
- Incheon National University (Korea)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Univ. of California, Irvine, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1800331
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1602375
- Grant/Contract Number:
- FG02-05ER46237
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review B
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 101; Journal Issue: 12; Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9950
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; Materials Science; Physics
Citation Formats
Hou, Y. S., Kim, J. W., and Wu, R. Q. Axion insulator state in ferromagnetically ordered CrI3/Bi2Se3/MnBi2Se4 heterostructures. United States: N. p., 2020.
Web. doi:10.1103/physrevb.101.121401.
Hou, Y. S., Kim, J. W., & Wu, R. Q. Axion insulator state in ferromagnetically ordered CrI3/Bi2Se3/MnBi2Se4 heterostructures. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.101.121401
Hou, Y. S., Kim, J. W., and Wu, R. Q. Mon .
"Axion insulator state in ferromagnetically ordered CrI3/Bi2Se3/MnBi2Se4 heterostructures". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.101.121401. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1800331.
@article{osti_1800331,
title = {Axion insulator state in ferromagnetically ordered CrI3/Bi2Se3/MnBi2Se4 heterostructures},
author = {Hou, Y. S. and Kim, J. W. and Wu, R. Q.},
abstractNote = {Ferromagnetic (FM) axion insulators may greatly simplify experimental explorations of the topological magnetoelectric effect, as the FM ordering can be stable in a broad range of magnetic field. Through density functional theory calculations and four-band model studies, we find that two-dimensional van der Waals FM CrI3 and MnBi2Se4 overlayers induce opposite-sign exchange fields in the topological surface states of Bi2Se3 film when they are ferromagnetically ordered. As a consequence, the CrI3/Bi2Se3/MnBi2Se4 heterostructure is a robust FM axion insulator, according to surface-resolved Berry curvature calculations. Our work opens up opportunities for the design of materials with the topological magnetoelectric effect.},
doi = {10.1103/physrevb.101.121401},
journal = {Physical Review B},
number = 12,
volume = 101,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Mar 02 00:00:00 EST 2020},
month = {Mon Mar 02 00:00:00 EST 2020}
}
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