Magnetization symmetry for the MnTe altermagnetic candidate

Abstract

We experimentally investigate the magnetization angle dependence $M(\alpha )$ for single crystals of MnTe altermagnetic candidate. In high magnetic fields, experimental $M(\alpha )$ curves mostly reflect standard antiferromagnetic spin-flop processes, which are allowed below the Néel vector reorientation field. In low magnetic fields and at low temperatures, spontaneous magnetization appears as a sharp $M(T)$ magnetization jump around 81~K. In this regime, $M(\alpha )$ dependence is quite unusual: the easy magnetization axis is $\pi /2$ rotated either by increasing the field above 1~kOe or the temperature above 81~K. The observed behavior cannot be expected for antiferromagnetics, e.g. it differs strongly from the well known weak ferromagnetism. Thus, it requires to take into account the formation of the altermagnetic ground state for MnTe altermagnetic candidate. Despite MnTe is expected to have g-wave order parameter, $M(\alpha )$ magnetization symmetry confirms the prevailing population of one from three easy axes, as it has been shown previously by temperature-dependent angle-resolved photo-emission spectroscopy.

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