Evolution of magnetic interactions in Sb-substituted MnBi2Te4
Abstract
The Mn(Bi1–xSbx)2Te4 series is purported to span from an antiferromagnetic (AF) topological insulator at x = 0 to a trivial AF insulator at x = 1. Here we report on neutron diffraction and inelastic neutron scattering studies of the magnetic interactions across this series. All compounds measured possess ferromagnetic (FM) triangular layers and we find a crossover from AF to FM interlayer coupling near x = 1 for our samples. The large spin gap at x = 0 closes rapidly and the average FM exchange interactions within the triangular layer increase with Sb substitution. Similar to a previous study of MnBi2Te4, we find severe spectral broadening which increases dramatically across the compositional series. In addition to broadening, we observe an additional sharp magnetic excitation in MnSb2Te4 that may indicate the development of local magnetic modes originating from antisite disorder between Mn and Sb sublattices. Here, the results suggest that both substitutional and antisite disorder contribute substantially to the magnetism in Mn(Bi1–xSbx)2Te4.
- Authors:
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- Ames Lab., Ames, IA (United States)
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD (United States)
- Ames Lab., Ames, IA (United States); Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1818951
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725; AC02-07CH11358
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review B
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 104; Journal Issue: 6; 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; Magnetic interactions; Magnetic order; Magnons; Spin-orbit coupling; Topological materials; Neutron scattering
Citation Formats
Riberolles, Simon X. M., Zhang, Qiang, Gordon, Elijah, Butch, Nicholas P., Ke, Liqin, Yan, J. -Q., and McQueeney, Robert John. Evolution of magnetic interactions in Sb-substituted MnBi2Te4. United States: N. p., 2021.
Web. doi:10.1103/physrevb.104.064401.
Riberolles, Simon X. M., Zhang, Qiang, Gordon, Elijah, Butch, Nicholas P., Ke, Liqin, Yan, J. -Q., & McQueeney, Robert John. Evolution of magnetic interactions in Sb-substituted MnBi2Te4. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.104.064401
Riberolles, Simon X. M., Zhang, Qiang, Gordon, Elijah, Butch, Nicholas P., Ke, Liqin, Yan, J. -Q., and McQueeney, Robert John. Mon .
"Evolution of magnetic interactions in Sb-substituted MnBi2Te4". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.104.064401. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1818951.
@article{osti_1818951,
title = {Evolution of magnetic interactions in Sb-substituted MnBi2Te4},
author = {Riberolles, Simon X. M. and Zhang, Qiang and Gordon, Elijah and Butch, Nicholas P. and Ke, Liqin and Yan, J. -Q. and McQueeney, Robert John},
abstractNote = {The Mn(Bi1–xSbx)2Te4 series is purported to span from an antiferromagnetic (AF) topological insulator at x = 0 to a trivial AF insulator at x = 1. Here we report on neutron diffraction and inelastic neutron scattering studies of the magnetic interactions across this series. All compounds measured possess ferromagnetic (FM) triangular layers and we find a crossover from AF to FM interlayer coupling near x = 1 for our samples. The large spin gap at x = 0 closes rapidly and the average FM exchange interactions within the triangular layer increase with Sb substitution. Similar to a previous study of MnBi2Te4, we find severe spectral broadening which increases dramatically across the compositional series. In addition to broadening, we observe an additional sharp magnetic excitation in MnSb2Te4 that may indicate the development of local magnetic modes originating from antisite disorder between Mn and Sb sublattices. Here, the results suggest that both substitutional and antisite disorder contribute substantially to the magnetism in Mn(Bi1–xSbx)2Te4.},
doi = {10.1103/physrevb.104.064401},
journal = {Physical Review B},
number = 6,
volume = 104,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Aug 02 00:00:00 EDT 2021},
month = {Mon Aug 02 00:00:00 EDT 2021}
}
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