21 May 2024 | Guowei Yang*, Zhanghuan Li†2, Sai Yang3, Jiyuan Li3, Hao Zheng1, Weifan Zhu1, Saizheng Cao1, Wenzxuan Zhao4, Jiawen Zhang1, Mao Ye5, Yu Song1, Lun-Hui Hu1, Lexian Yang4, Ming Shi1, Huiqiu Yuan1,6, Yongjun Zhang13, Yuanfeng Xu§1 and Yang Liu♣1,6
The paper investigates the large alternmagnetic splitting near the Fermi level in CrSb, a material with collinear alternmagnetism. Alternmagnetism is characterized by momentum-dependent band and spin splitting without net magnetization. The authors use synchrotron-based angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) and model calculations to uncover a significant alternmagnetic splitting of up to 1.0 eV near the Fermi level in CrSb. They confirm the bulk-type $g$-wave alternmagnetism through systematic three-dimensional $k$-space mapping, revealing the alternmagnetic symmetry and associated nodal planes. The ARPES results are well supported by density functional theory (DFT) calculations. The tight-binding model analysis indicates that the large alternmagnetic splitting arises from strong third-nearest-neighbor hopping mediated by Sb ions, breaking both space-time reversal symmetry and translational spin-rotation symmetry. The high Néel temperature (up to 705 K) and simple spin configuration of CrSb make it a promising material for exploring emergent phenomena and spintronic applications based on alternmagnets.The paper investigates the large alternmagnetic splitting near the Fermi level in CrSb, a material with collinear alternmagnetism. Alternmagnetism is characterized by momentum-dependent band and spin splitting without net magnetization. The authors use synchrotron-based angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) and model calculations to uncover a significant alternmagnetic splitting of up to 1.0 eV near the Fermi level in CrSb. They confirm the bulk-type $g$-wave alternmagnetism through systematic three-dimensional $k$-space mapping, revealing the alternmagnetic symmetry and associated nodal planes. The ARPES results are well supported by density functional theory (DFT) calculations. The tight-binding model analysis indicates that the large alternmagnetic splitting arises from strong third-nearest-neighbor hopping mediated by Sb ions, breaking both space-time reversal symmetry and translational spin-rotation symmetry. The high Néel temperature (up to 705 K) and simple spin configuration of CrSb make it a promising material for exploring emergent phenomena and spintronic applications based on alternmagnets.