A new bulk magnet, Eu3In2As4, combines very strong exchange coupling with soft magnetism, letting modest fields and field orientation switch the material among topological-insulator, ferrimagnetic, Weyl-semimetal, and nodal-ring states.
Discovery of a Magnetic Topological Semimetal Eu$_3$In$_2$As$_4$ with a Single Pair of Weyl Points
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Magnetic Weyl semimetal (MWS) is a unique topological state with open surface Fermi arc states and other exotic transport phenomena. However, most reported MWSs show multiple pairs of Weyl points and complicated Fermi surfaces, which increases the difficulty of the investigation into the intrinsic chiral transport property. In this wor, we successfully synthesized a soft magnetic Weyl semimetal Eu$_3$In$_2$As$_4$ with a single pair of Weyl points under magnetic fields. The Shubnikov de Haas (SdH) oscillation with a single frequency, as well as a linear hall resistance with the same carrier density, is observed up to 50 Tesla, indicating a single pair of Weyl points around the Fermi level with a massless fermion ($m^* = 0.121 m_0$, $\pi$ Berry phase). Such a single pair of Weyl points is further confirmed by the density functional theory calculations. The magnetic ordering and band topology can be easily tuned by the external magnetic field. The field-induced MWS Eu$_3$In$_2$As$_4$ with a single pair of Weyl points is a good platform to detect chiral transport properties, including possible quantum anomalous Hall effect.
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Giant-exchange-driven Vectorial Control of a Minimal Topological Magnet in Eu3In2As4
A new bulk magnet, Eu3In2As4, combines very strong exchange coupling with soft magnetism, letting modest fields and field orientation switch the material among topological-insulator, ferrimagnetic, Weyl-semimetal, and nodal-ring states.