Antiferromagnetic VdW Phase at the Interface of Sputtered Topological Insulator/Ferromagnet-Bi2Te3/Ni80Fe20 Heterostructures

Nirjhar Bhattacharjee, Krishnamurthy Mahalingam, Adrian Fedorko +11

Magnetic ordering in topological insulators (TI) is crucial for breaking time-reversal symmetry (TRS) and thereby opening a gap in the topological surface states (TSSs) [1-6], whic…