Tunable Spin-Valley Locked Quantum Anomalous Hall Ferrovalley State in Néel Antiferromagnet Heterostructures
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Published on: March 24, 2019
Majeed Ur Rehman1,2, Lede Xian2,3,4
1National Key Laboratory of Spintronics, Hangzhou International Innovation Institute, Beihang University, Hangzhou 311115, P.R. China.
Abstract:
The quantum anomalous Hall (QAH) effect enables dissipationless transport. However, known QAH materials rarely combine ferrovalley behavior with spin-valley locking, and Néel antiferromagnets remain largely unexplored in QAH platforms. Here, we propose a spin-valley locked QAH ferrovalley state in a MnSe/Pt2HgSe3 heterostructure. Néel-ordered MnSe induces spin-polarized bands in Pt2HgSe3 via magnetic proximity, while spin-orbit coupling lifts valley degeneracy, yielding valley-dependent gaps and a sizable QAH gap of ∼40 meV at charge neutrality. Unlike conventional QAH systems, spin-valley locking is preserved in the conduction band, producing a distinct topological phase. Chemical-potential tuning drives transitions to spin-polarized anomalous valley Hall and anomalous Hall states with opposite spin-valley responses. An out-of-plane electric field reverses the Berry curvature distribution between valleys, while the Chern number and spin-valley texture are strongly coupled to the Néel vector, establishing a tunable antiferromagnetic topological-valleytronic platform.
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