Novel weak-ferromagnetic metallic state in heavily doped Ba${}_{1-x}$K${}_x$Mn${}_2$As${}_2$

Abstract

Heavily doped Ba${}_{1-x}$K${}_x$Mn${}_2$As${}_2$ ($x$=0.19 and 0.26) single crystals were successfully grown, and investigated by the measurements of resistivity and anisotropic magnetic susceptibility. In contrast to the antiferromagnetic insulating ground state of the undoped BaMn${}_2$As${}_2$, the K-doped crystals show metallic conduction with weak ferromagnetism below $\sim$50 K and Curie-Weiss-like in-plane magnetic susceptibility above $\sim$50 K. Under high pressures up to 6 GPa, the low-temperature metallicity changes into a state characterized by a Kondo-like resistivity minimum without any signature of superconductivity above 2.5 K. Electronic structure calculations for $x$=0.25 using $2\times 2\times 1$ supercell reproduce the hole-doped metallic state. The density of states at Fermi energy have significant As 4$p$ components, suggesting that the 4$p$ holes are mainly responsible for the metallic conduction. Our results suggest that the interplay between itinerant 4$p$ holes and local 3$d$ moments is mostly responsible for the novel metallic state.

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