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Constraints on Proximity-Induced Ferromagnetism in a Dirac Semimetal (Cd3As2)/Ferromagnetic Semiconductor (Ga1-xMnxSb) Heterostructure
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Author(s)
Arpita Mitra, Run Xiao, Wilson Yanez, Yongxi Ou, Juan Chamorro, Tyrel M. McQueen, Alexander Grutter, Julie A. Borchers, Michael R. Fitzsimmons, Timothy Charlton, Nitin Samarth
Abstract
Breaking time-reversal symmetry in a Dirac semimetal Cd3As2 through doping with magnetic ions or by the magnetic proximity effect is expected to cause a transition to other topological phases (such as a Weyl semimetal). To this end, we investigate the possibility of proximity-induced ferromagnetic ordering in epitaxial Dirac semimetal (Cd3As2)/ferromagnetic semiconductor (Ga1−xMnxSb) heterostructures grown by molecular beam epitaxy. We report the comprehensive characterization of these heterostructures using structural probes (atomic force microscopy, x-ray diffraction, scanning transmission electron microscopy), angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy, electrical magnetotransport, magnetometry, and polarized neutron reflectometry. Measurements of the magnetoresistance and Hall effect in the temperature range 2–20 K show signatures that could be consistent with either a proximity effect or spin-dependent scattering of charge carriers in the Cd3As2 channel. Polarized neutron reflectometry sets constraints on the interpretation of the magnetotransport studies by showing that (at least for temperatures above 6 K) any induced magnetization in the Cd3As2 itself must be relatively small (<14 emu/cm3 ).
Mitra, A.
, Xiao, R.
, Yanez, W.
, Ou, Y.
, Chamorro, J.
, McQueen, T.
, Grutter, A.
, Borchers, J.
, Fitzsimmons, M.
, Charlton, T.
and Samarth, N.
(2023),
Constraints on Proximity-Induced Ferromagnetism in a Dirac Semimetal (Cd3As2)/Ferromagnetic Semiconductor (Ga1-xMnxSb) Heterostructure, Physical Review Materials, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=956171
(Accessed October 10, 2025)