Spin fluctuations in quantized transport of magnetic topological insulators

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2010.00570v1
• Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2020 17:42:37 GMT
• Title: Spin fluctuations in quantized transport of magnetic topological insulators
• Authors: Yu-Hang Li and Ran Cheng
• Abstract summary: In magnetic topological insulators, quantized electronic transport is interwined with spontaneous magnetic ordering, as magnetization controls band gaps. We show that considering the exchange gaps at the mean-field level is inadequate to predict phase transitions between electronic states of distinct topology.
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• Abstract: In magnetic topological insulators, quantized electronic transport is interwined with spontaneous magnetic ordering, as magnetization controls band gaps, hence band topology, through the exchange interaction. We show that considering the exchange gaps at the mean-field level is inadequate to predict phase transitions between electronic states of distinct topology. Thermal spin fluctuations disturbing the magnetization can act as frozen disorders that strongly scatter electrons, reducing the onset temperature of quantized transport appreciably even in the absence of structural impurities. This effect, which has hitherto been overlooked, provides an alternative explanation of recent experiments on intrinsic magnetic topological insulators.

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