The Anomalous Hall effect in re-entrant AuFe alloys and the real space Berry phase

The Hall effect has been studied in a series of AuFe samples in the re-entrant concentration range, as well as in the spin glass range. The data demonstrate that the degree of canting of the local spins strongly modifies the anomalous Hall effect, in agreement with theoretical predictions associating canting, chirality and a real space Berry phase. The canonical parametrization of the Hall signal for magnetic conductors becomes inappropriate when local spins are canted.Comment: 4 pages, 1 eps figur

Magnetoelectric effects in an organo-metallic quantum magnet

We observe a bilinear magnetic field-induced electric polarization of 50 $\mu C/m^2$ in single crystals of NiCl$_2$-4SC(NH$_2$)$_2$ (DTN). DTN forms a tetragonal structure that breaks inversion symmetry, with the highly polar thiourea molecules all tilted in the same direction along the c-axis. Application of a magnetic field between 2 and 12 T induces canted antiferromagnetism of the Ni spins and the resulting magnetization closely tracks the electric polarization. We speculate that the Ni magnetic forces acting on the soft organic lattice can create significant distortions and modify the angles of the thiourea molecules, thereby creating a magnetoelectric effect. This is an example of how magnetoelectric effects can be constructed in organo-metallic single crystals by combining magnetic ions with electrically polar organic elements.Comment: 3 pages, 3 figure

Magnetic Breakdown in the electron-doped cuprate superconductor Nd2−x_{2-x}Cex_xCuO4_4: the reconstructed Fermi surface survives in the strongly overdoped regime

We report on semiclassical angle-dependent magnetoresistance oscillations (AMRO) and the Shubnikov-de Haas effect in the electron-overdoped cuprate superconductor Nd$_{2-x}$Ce$_x$CuO$_4$. Our data provide convincing evidence for magnetic breakdown in the system. This shows that a reconstructed multiply-connected Fermi surface persists, at least at strong magnetic fields, up to the highest doping level of the superconducting regime. Our results suggest an intimate relation between translational symmetry breaking and the superconducting pairing in the electron-doped cuprate superconductors.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figures, submitted to PR

Análise de Transiçao Resistiva e da irreversibilidade magnètica no superconductor YBACUO texturizado

Os supercondutores de alta temperatura crítica, em especial os granulares, apresentam uma transição resistiva que ocorre em duas etapas: a uma temperatura acima da temperatura crítica de transição Tc0, chamada de supercondutividade intragranular e a uma temperatura mais baixa onde ocorre a supercondutividade em toda a amostra, chamada de supercondutividade intergranular. Em Tc0 ocorre à ativação das ligações fracas e uma ordem de longo alcance é obtida, neste momento, a resistência elétrica é nula em toda amostra. Nos supercondutores de alta temperatura crítica, a linha de irreversibilidade magnética divide o estado misto do plano H-T em duas regiões: reversível e irreversível. Na região reversível todo o transporte elétrico sofre dissipação devido aos efeitos da dinâmica de fluxo magnético no supercondutor. Na região irreversível todo transporte de corrente elétrica é permitido. Em supercondutores granulares, as medidas de irreversibilidade magnética e resistividade nula não dependem das mesmas partes da amostra. Enquanto, a resistência elétrica depende de um arranjo de grãos que atravessam toda a amostra a irreversibilidade depende de clusters de grãos bem acoplados. Devido a isso, as medidas de resistência nula devem estar em pontos abaixo da linha de irreversibilidade magnética. O objetivo deste trabalho é analisar as medidas de transporte elétrico e magnetização e correlacionar às linhas de resistência nula e as linhas de irreversibilidade magnética, em diferentes orientações de campo-corrente, para uma amostra com a adição de 30% da fase Y211 (Y2BaCuO5) e comparar os dados obtidos com uma amostra na qual foram adicionados 17% desta mesma fase.Postprint (published version

The chiral Anomalous Hall effect in re-entrant AuFe alloys

The Hall effect has been studied in a series of AuFe samples in the re-entrant concentration range, as well as in part of the spin glass range. An anomalous Hall contribution linked to the tilting of the local spins can be identified, confirming theoretical predictions of a novel topological Hall term induced when chirality is present. This effect can be understood in terms of Aharonov-Bohm-like intrinsic current loops arising from successive scatterings by canted local spins. The experimental measurements indicate that the chiral signal persists, meaning scattering within the nanoscopic loops remains coherent, up to temperatures of the order of 150 K.Comment: 7 pages, 11 eps figures Published version. Minor change

Anisotropic Dirac fermions in a Bi square net of SrMnBi2

We report the highly anisotropic Dirac fermions in a Bi square net of SrMnBi2, based on a first principle calculation, angle resolved photoemission spectroscopy, and quantum oscillations for high-quality single crystals. We found that the Dirac dispersion is generally induced in the (SrBi)+ layer containing a double-sized Bi square net. In contrast to the commonly observed isotropic Dirac cone, the Dirac cone in SrMnBi2 is highly anisotropic with a large momentum-dependent disparity of Fermi velocities of ~ 8. These findings demonstrate that a Bi square net, a common building block of various layered pnictides, provide a new platform that hosts highly anisotropic Dirac fermions.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figure