Enhanced anisotropic magnetoresistance in the odd-parity multipole-ordered conductor Ba1-x Kx Mn2 As2

Takuya Aoyama, Masahiro Kudo, Kaoru Igarashi, Kazutoshi Emi, Shojiro Kimura, Yoshinori Imai, Kenya Ohgushi

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Abstract

We examined the magnetoresistance with applied magnetic field in the ab plane for Ba1-xKxMn2As2 with x=0-0.30, which exhibits a unique antiferromagnetic order with the simultaneous breaking of spatial-inversion and time-reversal symmetries. By investigating the temperature and magnetic-field strength/direction dependence of the magnetoresistance in detail, we found there are three main contributions to the magnetoresistance. One is due to an external field effect inducing cyclotron motion of electron and Zeeman splitting. This is most prominent at x=0 and 0.15. The second one is a spin fluctuation related negative magnetoresistance. This becomes large at a ferromagnetic transition temperature of 100 K at x=0.25. The third one is the spin-orbit coupling related effects, which leads to an in-plane anisotropy of magnetoresistance. We also argue that anisotropic magnetoresistance can be understood in terms of the magnetoelectric effect arising from the odd-parity magnetic-multipole ordering.

Original languageEnglish
Article number224422
JournalPhysical Review B
Volume105
Issue number22
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022 Jun 1

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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