Magnetization relaxation and search for the magnetic gap in bulk-insulating V-doped (Bi, Sb)${}_2$Te${}_3$

Abstract

V-doped (Bi,Sb)${}_2$Te${}_3$ has a ten times higher magnetic coercivity than its Cr-doped counterpart and therefore is believed to be a superior system for the quantum anomalous Hall effect (QAHE). The QAHE requires the opening of a magnetic band gap at the Dirac point. We do not find this gap by angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy down to 1 K. By x-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) we directly probe the magnetism at the V site and in zerofield. Hysteresis curves of the XMCD signal show a strong dependence of the coercivity on the ramping velocity of the magnetic field. The XMCD signal decays on a time scale of minutes which we conclude contributes to the absence of a detectable magnetic gap at the Dirac point.

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