Generating a Topological Anomalous Hall Effect in a Nonmagnetic Conductor: An In-Plane Magnetic Field as a Direct Probe of the Berry Curvature.
Phys Rev Lett
; 126(25): 256601, 2021 Jun 25.
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ABSTRACT
We demonstrate that the Berry curvature monopole of nonmagnetic two-dimensional spin-3/2 holes leads to a novel Hall effect linear in an applied in-plane magnetic field B_{â¥}. Remarkably, all scalar and spin-dependent disorder contributions vanish to leading order in B_{â¥}, while there is no Lorentz force and hence no ordinary Hall effect. This purely intrinsic phenomenon, which we term the anomalous planar Hall effect (APHE), provides a direct transport probe of the Berry curvature accessible in all p-type semiconductors. We discuss experimental setups for its measurement.
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En
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Phys Rev Lett
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2021
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Article
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Australia