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Ultrafast Dynamics of Intrinsic Anomalous Hall Effect in the Topological Antiferromagnet Mn_{3}Sn
Takuya Matsuda1, Tomoya Higo2, Takashi Koretsune3
1The Institute for Solid State Physics, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8581, Japan.
Abstract:
We investigate ultrafast dynamics of the anomalous Hall effect (AHE) in the topological antiferromagnet Mn_{3}Sn with sub-100 fs time resolution. Optical pulse excitations largely elevate the electron temperature up to 700 K, and terahertz probe pulses clearly resolve ultrafast suppression of the AHE before demagnetization. The result is well reproduced by microscopic calculation of the intrinsic Berry-curvature mechanism while the extrinsic contribution is clearly excluded. Our work opens a new avenue for the study of nonequilibrium AHE to identify the microscopic origin by drastic control of the electron temperature by light.
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