Giant magnetoresistance and topological Hall effect in the EuGa4 antiferromagnet

Abstract

We report on systematic temperature- and magnetic field-dependent studies of the EuGa${}_4$ binary compound, which crystallizes in a centrosymmetric tetragonal BaAl${}_4$-type structure with space group $I4/mmm$. The electronic properties of EuGa${}_4$ single crystals, with an antiferromagnetic (AFM) transition at $T_{\mathrm{N}}\sim 16.4$ K, were characterized via electrical resistivity and magnetization measurements. A giant nonsaturating magnetoresistance was observed at low temperatures, reaching $\sim 7\times 10^4$ % at 2 K in a magnetic field of 9 T. In the AFM state, EuGa${}_4$ undergoes a series of metamagnetic transitions in an applied magnetic field, clearly manifested in its field-dependent electrical resistivity. Below $T_{\mathrm{N}}$, in the $\sim$4-7 T field range, we observe also a clear hump-like anomaly in the Hall resistivity which is part of the anomalous Hall resistivity. We attribute such a hump-like feature to the topological Hall effect, usually occurring in noncentrosymmetric materials known to host topological spin textures (as e.g., magnetic skyrmions). Therefore, the family of materials with a tetragonal BaAl${}_4$-type structure, to which EuGa${}_4$ and EuAl${}_4$ belong, seems to comprise suitable candidates on which one can study the interplay among correlated-electron phenomena (such as charge-density wave or exotic magnetism) with topological spin textures and topologically nontrivial bands.

15 pages, 6 figures; to be appeared on JPCM

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