Inducing magnetism onto the surface of a topological crystalline insulator
arXiv:1504.06121 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.91.195310
Abstract
Inducing magnetism onto a topological crystalline insulator (TCI) has been predicted to result in several novel quantum electromagnetic effects. This is a consequence of the highly strain-sensitive band topology of such symmetry-protected systems. We thus show that placing the TCI surface of SnTe in proximity to EuS, a ferromagnetic insulator, induces magnetism at the interface between SnTe and EuS and thus breaks time-reversal-symmetry in the TCI. Magnetotransport experiments on SnTe-EuS-SnTe trilayer devices reveal a hysteretic lowering of the resistance at the TCI surface that coincides with an increase in the density of magnetic domain walls. This additional conduction could be a signature of topologically-protected surface states within domain walls. Additionally, a hysteretic anomalous Hall effect reveals that the usual in-plane magnetic moment of the EuS layer is canted towards a perpendicular direction at the interface. These results are evidence of induced magnetism at the SnTe-EuS interfaces resulting in broken time-reversal symmetry in the TCI.
arXiv commentAccepted for publication in Physical Review B
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