Temperature dependent conductivity in magnetic Weyl semimetal Co3Sn2S2with terahertz spectroscopy

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Abstract

The recently discovered Weyl semimetal, Co3Sn2S2, is attractive for its intrinsic ferromagnetic behavior below Tc ~ 175 K with almost full spin polarization, i.e. half-metallicity. Previous studies1,2 report evidence of a highly tunable, large anomalous Hall effect (AHE) with change in temperature. We utilize spectroscopic methods in the terahertz range to measure the optical conductivity in a single crystal Co3Sn2S2within the 8 K to 290 K temperature range. We observe a clear downward shift in the reflectance of the crystal with increasing temperatures near the ferromagnetic transition and a similar trend for low temperatures. We will discuss these measurements in the context of the Anomalous Hall conductivity that varies with shifts in Weyl node position.

1 R. Yang, T. Zhang, L. Zhou, Y. Dai, Z. Liao, H. Weng, and X. Qiu, ArXiv:1908.03895 [Cond-Mat] (2019).
2 X. Chen, M. Wang, C. Gu, S. Wang, Y. Zhou, C. An, Y. Zhou, B. Zhang, C. Chen, Y. Yuan, M. Qi, L. Zhang, H. Zhou, J. Zhou, Y. Yao, and Z. Yang, ArXiv:1909.09382 [Cond-Mat] (2019).

*This work is supported by the Center for Emergent Materials, an NSF MRSEC, under grant DMR-1420451.

Presenters

  • Elizabeth Fuller

    • Ohio State Univ - Columbus

Authors

  • Elizabeth Fuller

    • Ohio State Univ - Columbus
  • Evan Jasper

    • Ohio State Univ - Columbus
  • YUFEI Li

    • Ohio State Univ - Columbus
  • Rolando Valdes Aguilar

    • Ohio State Univ - Columbus
    • Ohio State Univ
    • Physics, The Ohio State University
    • Ohio State University
    • Department of Physics, The Ohio State University
  • Rui Xue

    • University of Tennessee, Knoxville
  • David Mandrus

    • Physics, University of Tennessee
    • Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Tennessee
    • Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
    • The University of Tennesse, Knoxville
    • University of Tennessee
    • Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee
    • Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    • Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Tennessee Knoxville
    • Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Tennessee
    • University of Tennessee, Knoxville
    • Material Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    • Material Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Lab