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Yu TL, Xu M, Yang WT, Song YH, Wen CHP, Yao Q, Lou X, Zhang T, Li W, Wei XY, Bao JK, Cao GH, Dudin P, Denlinger JD, Strocov VN, Peng R, Xu HC, Feng DL. Strong band renormalization and emergent ferromagnetism induced by electron-antiferromagnetic-magnon coupling. Nat Commun 2022; 13:6560. [PMID: 36323685 PMCID: PMC9630309 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-34254-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2022] [Accepted: 10/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
Abstract
The interactions between electrons and antiferromagnetic magnons (AFMMs) are important for a large class of correlated materials. For example, they are the most plausible pairing glues in high-temperature superconductors, such as cuprates and iron-based superconductors. However, unlike electron-phonon interactions (EPIs), clear-cut observations regarding how electron-AFMM interactions (EAIs) affect the band structure are still lacking. Consequently, critical information on the EAIs, such as its strength and doping dependence, remains elusive. Here we directly observe that EAIs induce a kink structure in the band dispersion of Ba1-xKxMn2As2, and subsequently unveil several key characteristics of EAIs. We found that the coupling constant of EAIs can be as large as 5.4, and it shows strong doping dependence and temperature dependence, all in stark contrast to the behaviors of EPIs. The colossal renormalization of electron bands by EAIs enhances the density of states at Fermi energy, which is likely driving the emergent ferromagnetic state in Ba1-xKxMn2As2 through a Stoner-like mechanism with mixed itinerant-local character. Our results expand the current knowledge of EAIs, which may facilitate the further understanding of many correlated materials where EAIs play a critical role.
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- T. L. Yu
- grid.8547.e0000 0001 0125 2443Laboratory of Advanced Materials, State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics and Department of Physics, Fudan University, 200438 Shanghai, P. R. China
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- grid.8547.e0000 0001 0125 2443Laboratory of Advanced Materials, State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics and Department of Physics, Fudan University, 200438 Shanghai, P. R. China
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- grid.8547.e0000 0001 0125 2443Laboratory of Advanced Materials, State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics and Department of Physics, Fudan University, 200438 Shanghai, P. R. China
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- grid.8547.e0000 0001 0125 2443Laboratory of Advanced Materials, State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics and Department of Physics, Fudan University, 200438 Shanghai, P. R. China
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- grid.8547.e0000 0001 0125 2443Laboratory of Advanced Materials, State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics and Department of Physics, Fudan University, 200438 Shanghai, P. R. China
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- grid.8547.e0000 0001 0125 2443Laboratory of Advanced Materials, State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics and Department of Physics, Fudan University, 200438 Shanghai, P. R. China
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- grid.8547.e0000 0001 0125 2443Laboratory of Advanced Materials, State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics and Department of Physics, Fudan University, 200438 Shanghai, P. R. China
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- grid.8547.e0000 0001 0125 2443Laboratory of Advanced Materials, State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics and Department of Physics, Fudan University, 200438 Shanghai, P. R. China ,grid.9227.e0000000119573309Shanghai Research Center for Quantum Sciences, 201315 Shanghai, P. R. China ,grid.509497.6Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, 210093 Nanjing, China
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- grid.8547.e0000 0001 0125 2443Laboratory of Advanced Materials, State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics and Department of Physics, Fudan University, 200438 Shanghai, P. R. China
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- grid.8547.e0000 0001 0125 2443Laboratory of Advanced Materials, State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics and Department of Physics, Fudan University, 200438 Shanghai, P. R. China
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- grid.13402.340000 0004 1759 700XDepartment of Physics, Zhejiang University, 310027 Hangzhou, P. R. China
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- grid.13402.340000 0004 1759 700XDepartment of Physics, Zhejiang University, 310027 Hangzhou, P. R. China
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- grid.18785.330000 0004 1764 0696Diamond Light Source, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, OX11 0DE UK
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- grid.184769.50000 0001 2231 4551Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720-8229 USA
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- grid.5991.40000 0001 1090 7501Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen, PSI Switzerland
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- grid.8547.e0000 0001 0125 2443Laboratory of Advanced Materials, State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics and Department of Physics, Fudan University, 200438 Shanghai, P. R. China ,grid.9227.e0000000119573309Shanghai Research Center for Quantum Sciences, 201315 Shanghai, P. R. China
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- grid.8547.e0000 0001 0125 2443Laboratory of Advanced Materials, State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics and Department of Physics, Fudan University, 200438 Shanghai, P. R. China
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- grid.8547.e0000 0001 0125 2443Laboratory of Advanced Materials, State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics and Department of Physics, Fudan University, 200438 Shanghai, P. R. China ,grid.9227.e0000000119573309Shanghai Research Center for Quantum Sciences, 201315 Shanghai, P. R. China ,grid.509497.6Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, 210093 Nanjing, China ,grid.59053.3a0000000121679639Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Science at Microscale, CAS Center for Excellence in Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, and Department of Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, 230026 Hefei, P. R. China
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Yu T, Wright J, Khalsa G, Pamuk B, Chang CS, Matveyev Y, Wang X, Schmitt T, Feng D, Muller DA, Xing HG, Jena D, Strocov VN. Momentum-resolved electronic structure and band offsets in an epitaxial NbN/GaN superconductor/semiconductor heterojunction. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2021; 7:eabi5833. [PMID: 34936435 PMCID: PMC8694612 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abi5833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2021] [Accepted: 11/05/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
Abstract
The electronic structure of heterointerfaces is a pivotal factor for their device functionality. We use soft x-ray angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy to directly measure the momentum-resolved electronic band structures on both sides of the Schottky heterointerface formed by epitaxial films of the superconducting NbN on semiconducting GaN, and determine their momentum-dependent interfacial band offset as well as the band-bending profile. We find, in particular, that the Fermi states in NbN are well separated in energy and momentum from the states in GaN, excluding any notable electronic cross-talk of the superconducting states in NbN to GaN. We support the experimental findings with first-principles calculations for bulk NbN and GaN. The Schottky barrier height obtained from photoemission is corroborated by electronic transport and optical measurements. The momentum-resolved understanding of electronic properties of interfaces elucidated in our work opens up new frontiers for the quantum materials where interfacial states play a defining role.
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- Tianlun Yu
- Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
- Advanced Materials Laboratory, State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics and Department of Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA
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- Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA
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- Platform for the Accelerated Realization, Analysis, and Discovery of Interface Materials (PARADIM), Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Photon Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Notkestr. 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- Shanghai Research Center for Quantum Sciences, Shanghai 201315, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing 210093, China
- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Science at Microscale, CAS Center for Excellence in Quantum Information and Quantum Physics, and Department of Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
- Kavli Institute at Cornell for Nanoscale Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Kavli Institute at Cornell for Nanoscale Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
- Electrical and Computer Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Kavli Institute at Cornell for Nanoscale Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
- Electrical and Computer Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Swiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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Qian JJ, Qi WH, Li ZZ, Ma L, Tang GD, Du Y, Chen MY, Wu GH, Hu FX. Spin-dependent and spin-independent channels of electrical transport in perovskite manganites. RSC Adv 2018. [DOI: 10.1039/c7ra12878a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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A model with two channels of electrical transport (TCET) for perovskite manganites is proposed, and it is described by an equivalent device with two current-carrier channels.
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- J. J. Qian
- Hebei Advanced Thin Film Laboratory
- Department of Physics
- Hebei Normal University
- Shijiazhuang City 050024
- People's Republic of China
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- Hebei Advanced Thin Film Laboratory
- Department of Physics
- Hebei Normal University
- Shijiazhuang City 050024
- People's Republic of China
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- Hebei Advanced Thin Film Laboratory
- Department of Physics
- Hebei Normal University
- Shijiazhuang City 050024
- People's Republic of China
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- Hebei Advanced Thin Film Laboratory
- Department of Physics
- Hebei Normal University
- Shijiazhuang City 050024
- People's Republic of China
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- Hebei Advanced Thin Film Laboratory
- Department of Physics
- Hebei Normal University
- Shijiazhuang City 050024
- People's Republic of China
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- Hebei Advanced Thin Film Laboratory
- Department of Physics
- Hebei Normal University
- Shijiazhuang City 050024
- People's Republic of China
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- Hebei Advanced Thin Film Laboratory
- Department of Physics
- Hebei Normal University
- Shijiazhuang City 050024
- People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Magnetism
- Institute of Physics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing 100190
- People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Magnetism
- Institute of Physics
- Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Beijing 100190
- People's Republic of China
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