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MA: Fachverband Magnetismus
MA 31: Topological Insulators (joint session MA/KFM)
MA 31.3: Talk
Thursday, September 8, 2022, 15:45–16:00, H37
Local magnetic and electronic properties of the intrinsic magnetic topological insulator MnBi6Te10 — •Abdul-Vakhab Tcakaev1, Volodymyr Zabolotnyy1, Bastian Rubrecht2, Laura Corredor2, Jorge Facio2, Laura Folkers3, Anja Wolter2, Anna Isaeva2, and Vladimir Hinkov1 — 1Experimentelle Physik IV and R ontgen Research Center for Complex Materials (RCCM), Fakult at f ur Physik und Astronomie, Universit at W urzburg, Am Hubland, D-97074 W urzburg, Germany — 2Leibniz IFW Dresden, Helmholtzstraße 20, D-01069 Dresden, Germany — 3Faculty of Physics, Technische Universit at Dresden, D-01062 Dresden, Germany
The recent observation of novel phenomena in the intrinsic magnetic topological insulator MnBi2Te4, such as the quantum anomalous Hall effect and the topological magnetoelectric effect has prompted research of the higher-n members of the (MnBi2Te4)(Bi2Te3)n family. Here we combine x-ray absorption spectroscopy, and x-ray circular and linear dichroism at the Mn L2,3 edges, with density-functional (DFT) and multiplet ligand-field (MLFT) theory to investigate the ground state of Mn in MnBi6Te10 single crystals. Our magnetometry data reveal FM state with finite remanence consistent with the spectroscopy data. Our spectroscopy results together with DFT and ab initio MLFT calculations allow us to determine in full detail the local magnetic and electronic properties of the Mn ions in the bulk and near the surface, and deliver important microscopic physical parameters, including Mn 3d-shell occupation, the spin and orbital magnetic moments.