Anomalous Nernst and Righi-Leduc Effects in Mn3Sn: Berry Curvature and Entropy Flow

Xiaokang Li, Liangcai Xu, Linchao Ding, Jinhua Wang, Mingsong Shen, Xiufang Lu, Zengwei Zhu, Kamran Behnia

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Abstract

We present a study of electric, thermal and thermoelectric response in noncollinear antiferromagnet Mn3Sn, which hosts a large anomalous Hall effect (AHE). Berry curvature generates off-diagonal thermal (Righi-Leduc) and thermoelectric (Nernst) signals, which are detectable at room temperature and invertible with a small magnetic field. The thermal and electrical Hall conductivities respect the Wiedemann-Franz law, implying that the transverse currents induced by the Berry curvature are carried by Fermi surface quasiparticles. In contrast to conventional ferromagnets, the anomalous Lorenz number remains close to the Sommerfeld number over the whole temperature range of study, excluding any contribution by inelastic scattering and pointing to the Berry curvature as the unique source of AHE. The anomalous off-diagonal thermo-electric and Hall conductivities are strongly temperature dependent and their ratio is close to kB/e.

Original languageEnglish
Article number056601
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume119
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Aug 2017
Externally publishedYes

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