Intrinsic Nonlinear Hall Effect in Antiferromagnetic Tetragonal CuMnAs.

Chong Wang, Yang Gao, Di Xiao
Author Information
  1. Chong Wang: Department of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA.
  2. Yang Gao: ICQD, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China.
  3. Di Xiao: Department of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA.

Abstract

Detecting the orientation of the Néel vector is a major research topic in antiferromagnetic spintronics. Here we recognize the intrinsic nonlinear Hall effect, which is independent of the relaxation time, as a prominent contribution to the time-reversal-odd second order conductivity and can be used to detect the reversal of the Néel vector. In contrast, the Berry-curvature-dipole-induced nonlinear Hall effect depends linearly on relaxation time and is time-reversal even. We study the intrinsic nonlinear Hall effect in an antiferromagnetic metal: tetragonal CuMnAs, and show that its nonlinear Hall conductivity can reach the order of mA/V^{2}. The dependence on the chemical potential of such nonlinear Hall conductivity can be qualitatively explained by a tilted massive Dirac model. Moreover, we demonstrate its strong temperature dependence and briefly discuss its competition with the second order Drude conductivity. Finally, a complete survey of magnetic point groups is presented, providing guidelines for finding more antiferromagnetic materials with the intrinsic nonlinear Hall effect.

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