Tuning of Electrical, Magnetic, and Topological Properties of Magnetic Weyl Semimetal Mn${}_{3+x}$Ge by Fe doping

Abstract

We report on the tuning of electrical, magnetic, and topological properties of the magnetic Weyl semimetal (Mn${}_{3+x}$Ge) by Fe doping at the Mn site, Mn${}_{(3+x)-\delta }$Fe${}_{\delta }$Ge ($\delta$=0, 0.30, and 0.62). Fe doping significantly changes the electrical and magnetic properties of Mn${}_{3+x}$Ge. The resistivity of the parent compound displays metallic behavior, the system with $\delta$=0.30 of Fe doping exhibits semiconducting or bad-metallic behavior, and the system with $\delta$=0.62 of Fe doping demonstrates a metal-insulator transition at around 100 K. Further, we observe that the Fe doping increases in-plane ferromagnetism, magnetocrystalline anisotropy, and induces a spin-glass state at low temperatures. Surprisingly, topological Hall state has been noticed at a Fe doping of $\delta$=0.30 that is not found in the parent compound or with $\delta$=0.62 of Fe doping. In addition, spontaneous anomalous Hall effect observed in the parent system is significantly reduced with increasing Fe doping concentration.

16 pages and 5 figures, accepted in Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter

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