2025/07/23 by Albin Márffy, Marffy, Albin, Endre Tóvári +19
Materials Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials #Magnetic Properties of Alloys #Rare-earth and actinide compounds
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2507.17449
Topological insulators lacking time-reversal symmetry can exhibit the quantum anomalous Hall effect. Odd-layer thick MnBi2Te4 is a promising platform due to its intrinsic magnetic nature, however, quantization is rarely observed in it. Our magnetoresistance measurements in the anti-ferromagnetic phase indicate, instead of a quantum anomalous Hall insulator, the presence of a trivial insulator state likely due to disorder, while at high magnetic field a Chern insulator state appears. By applying hydrostatic pressure we are able to tune the magnetic interactions and the characteristic energy scales in the phase diagram. The trivial band gap is reduced, suggesting the role of disorder decreases with the compression of the layers.