{"title":"Large tunneling magnetoresistance and its high bias stability in Weyl half-semimetal based lateral magnetic tunnel junctions","authors":"Jianing Tan, G. W. (. W. Yang, G. Ouyang","doi":"10.1088/1367-2630/ad345b","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/ad345b","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs) based on novel states of two-dimensional (2D) magnetic materials will significantly improve the value of the tunneling magnetoresistance (TMR) ratio. However, most 2D magnetic materials exhibit low critical temperatures, limiting their functionality to lower temperatures rather than room temperature. Moreover, most MTJs experience the decay of TMR ratio at large bias voltages within a low spin injection efficiency (SIE). Here, we construct a series of MTJs with Weyl half-semimetal (WHSM, e.g., MnSiS3, MnSiSe3, and MnGeSe3 monolayers) as the electrodes and investigate the spin-dependent transport properties in these kind of lateral heterojunctions by employing density functional theory combined with non-equilibrium Green’s function method. We find that an ultrahigh TMR (~109%) can be obtained firmly at a small bias voltage and maintains a high SIE even at a large bias voltage, and MnSiSe3 monolayer is predicted to exhibit a high critical temperature. Additionally, we reveal that the same structure allows for the generation of fully spin-polarized photocurrent, irrespective of the polarization angle. These findings underscore the potential of Weyl half-semimetals as candidate materials for high-performance spintronic devices.","PeriodicalId":508829,"journal":{"name":"New Journal of Physics","volume":"5 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140238997","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Anomalies-Rich Floquet Superconductivities Induced by Joint Modulation of Dynamic Driving and Static Parameters","authors":"Donghao Wang, Cong Cen, Liangliang Lu, Mengyao 李梦瑶, Zixuan Ding, Yongchun Tao, Jingguo Hu","doi":"10.1088/1367-2630/ad33cf","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/ad33cf","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Current theoretical and experimental endeavors to realize an anomalous Floquet chiral topological superconductor (TSC), which is characterized by chiral Majorana edge modes independent of the Chern number, remain insufficient. Herein, we propose a new scheme that involves jointly tuning dynamic driving and static parameters within a magnetic topological insulator-superconductor sandwich structure to achieve this goal. The Josephson phase modulation induced by an applied bias voltage across the structure is utilized as a Floquet periodic drive. It is found that the interplay between the two kinds of tunings can bring about a lot more exotic Floquet TSC phases than those caused by only tuning the dynamic driving parameter (frequency ω or period τ). More importantly, just tuning static parameters (the chemical potential µ, Zeeman field gz, and proximity-induced superconducting energy gap ∆b) also can induce a series of novel topological phase transitions. Particularly, the features in the context of the three tunings are different from each other, originating from the combination of intrinsic and different extrinsic mechanisms. In addition, jointly tuning τ and µ (gz) can have its own unique TSC phases. The proposed scheme should be readily accessible in experiments, and thus the family of anomalous Floquet TSC phases may be considerably enriched.","PeriodicalId":508829,"journal":{"name":"New Journal of Physics","volume":"20 S2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140243321","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xiao-Ran Wang, Fei Yang, Xian-Qi Tong, Xiao-Jie Yu, Kui Cao, S. Kou
{"title":"Extended exceptional points in projected non-Hermitian systems","authors":"Xiao-Ran Wang, Fei Yang, Xian-Qi Tong, Xiao-Jie Yu, Kui Cao, S. Kou","doi":"10.1088/1367-2630/ad327d","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/ad327d","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Exceptional points are interesting physical phenomena in non-Hermitian physics at which the eigenvalues are degenerate and the eigenvectors coalesce. In this paper, we find that in projected non-Hermitian two-level systems (sub-systems under projecting partial Hilbert space) the singularities of exceptional points (EPs) is due to basis defectiveness rather than energy degeneracy or state coalescence. This leads to the discovery of extended exceptional points (EEPs). For EEPs, more subtle structures (e.g., the so-called Bloch peach), additional classification, and “hidden” quantum phase transitions are explored. By using the topologically protected sub-space from two edge states in the non-Hermitian Su–Schrieffer–Heeger model as an example, we illustrate the physical properties of different types of EEPs.","PeriodicalId":508829,"journal":{"name":"New Journal of Physics","volume":"20 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140254263","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Nonlocal correlations in quantum networks distributed with different entangled states","authors":"Li-Yi Hsu","doi":"10.1088/1367-2630/ad313c","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/ad313c","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 We initiate the study of the nonlocal correlations in generic asymmetric quantum networks in a star configuration. Therein, the diverse unrelated sources can emit either partially or maximally entangled states, while the observers employ varying numbers of measurement settings. We propose nonlinear Bell inequalities tailored to the distributed entangled states. Specifically, we demonstrate that the algebraic maximal violations of the proposed nonlinear Bell inequalities are physically achievable within the quantum region. To achieve this, we construct the segmented Bell operators through the cut-graft-mix method applied to the Bell operators in the standard Bell tests. Furthermore, we devise the fitting Bell operators using the sum-of-square approach.","PeriodicalId":508829,"journal":{"name":"New Journal of Physics","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140258978","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Controllable Floquet topological phases in the magnetic ladder system","authors":"Xu-Jin Wang, Lu Zhang, Liang Yan, Jie-Yun Yan","doi":"10.1088/1367-2630/ad309a","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/ad309a","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Utilizing both the electric and magnetic fields to manipulate electron dynamics enables the external control of topological states. This study investigates the topological characteristics of a quasi-one-dimensional ladder lattice subjected to a time-periodic electric field and a constant magnetic field. The Floquet topological phases are determined in the high-frequency approximation. In the absence of a magnetic field ($phi=0$), the energy band diagram is modulated by the electric field parameter $alpha/hbaromega$, leading to a topological phase transition when $alpha/hbaromega$ crosses the value of 1. When a magnetic field is present ($phi=pi$), the topological phase transitions in the ladder model are influenced by both the electric field parameter $alpha/hbaromega$ and the perpendicular hopping $t_0$, resulting in a diverse range of adjustable topological states. These discoveries offer promising prospects for the utilization of ladder lattice systems with externally modifiable topological properties.","PeriodicalId":508829,"journal":{"name":"New Journal of Physics","volume":"1 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140262473","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xin-Yu Chen, Pan Gao, Chu-Dan Qiu, Ya-Nan Lu, Fan Yang, Yuanyuan Zhao, Hang Li, Jiang Zhang, Shijie Wei, Tonghao Xing, Xin-Yu Pan, Dong Ruan, Feihao Zhang, Keren Li, Guilu Long
{"title":"A noise-robust quantum dynamics learning protocol based on Choi-Jamiolkowski Isomorphism: theory and experiment","authors":"Xin-Yu Chen, Pan Gao, Chu-Dan Qiu, Ya-Nan Lu, Fan Yang, Yuanyuan Zhao, Hang Li, Jiang Zhang, Shijie Wei, Tonghao Xing, Xin-Yu Pan, Dong Ruan, Feihao Zhang, Keren Li, Guilu Long","doi":"10.1088/1367-2630/ad309d","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/ad309d","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 With the rapid development of quantum technology, the growing manipulated Hilbert space makes learning the dynamics of the quantum system a significant challenge. Machine learning technique has brought apparent advantages in some learning strategies, therefore, we introduce it to indirect learning in this paper. Based on Choi-Jamiolkowski isomorphism, we propose a protocol that learns the dynamics of an inaccessible quantum system using a quantum device at hand. For an n-qubit system, the learning task can be done iteratively, with operational complexity O(poly(n,L)/ε2) in each iteration, where L is the circuit depth and ε is the measurement error. Then we theoretically prove its noise resilience to global depolarization, state preparation and measurement noise, and unitary noise in gates implementation, where we find the learned dynamics stay invariant. Finally, we investigate the protocol experimentally on a nitrogen-vacancy center system with a natural noise source. The results show that the behavior of a relatively intractable nuclear spin can be learned through an easily accessible electron spin under different noise models, demonstrating the protocol’s feasibility.","PeriodicalId":508829,"journal":{"name":"New Journal of Physics","volume":"44 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140077724","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
V. Rai, Subhadip Jana, Jorg Persson, Shibabrata Nandi
{"title":"Weyl points and anomalous transport effects tuned by the Fe doping in Mn3Ge Weyl semimetal","authors":"V. Rai, Subhadip Jana, Jorg Persson, Shibabrata Nandi","doi":"10.1088/1367-2630/ad309b","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/ad309b","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 The discovery of a significantly large anomalous Hall effect in the chiral antiferromagnetic system - Mn3Ge- indicates that the Weyl points are widely separated in phase space and positioned near the Fermi surface. Inorder to examine the effects of Fe substitution in Mn3Ge on the presence and location of the Weyl points, we synthesized (Mn1−αFeα)3Ge (α = 0 − 0.30) compounds. The anomalous Hall effect was observed in compounds up to α = 0.22, but only within the temperature range where the magnetic structure remains the same as the Mn3Ge. Additionally, positive longitudinal magnetoconductance and planar Hall effect were detected within the same temperature and doping range. These findings strongly suggest the existence of Weyl points in (Mn1−αFeα)3Ge (α = 0 − 0.22) compounds. Notably, as Fe doping increases, there is a significant reduction in the magnitude of anomalous Hall conductivity, planar Hall effect, and positive longitudinal magnetoconductance, indicating that the Weyl points move further away from the Fermi surface. Consequently, it can be concluded that suitable dopants in the parent Weyl semimetals have the potential to tune the properties of Weyl points and the resulting anomalous electrical transport effects.","PeriodicalId":508829,"journal":{"name":"New Journal of Physics","volume":"85 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140261545","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
G. Zhi, Chenchao Xu, Xueqin Zhao, Jinou Dong, Shengli Guo, H. Man, C. Ding, L. Fu, Yilun Gu, Lingfeng Xie, Xun Pan, Chao Cao, F. Ning
{"title":"First-Principles Study on the Electronic Structure of n-Type Magnetic Semiconductor Ba(Zn1-xCox)2As2","authors":"G. Zhi, Chenchao Xu, Xueqin Zhao, Jinou Dong, Shengli Guo, H. Man, C. Ding, L. Fu, Yilun Gu, Lingfeng Xie, Xun Pan, Chao Cao, F. Ning","doi":"10.1088/1367-2630/ad309f","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/ad309f","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 We perform systematic first-principles calculations on the electronic structure of n-type magnetic semiconductor Ba(Zn1-xCox)2As2 with the facilitation of HSE06 hybrid functional. Supercells are used to consider the doping of Co atoms, and the first-principles band structures are unfolded for clarity. Based on the calculation results, magnetic states is preferred by individual Co atoms doped in Ba(Zn1-xCox)2As2 at diluted limit, and carriers are originated mainly from situations where only one Co atom exists in the nearest neighbor Zn sites out of certain doped Co atoms. The origination of carriers can be explained by the density of states and the unfolded band structure, where it is found that the scattering effects from single Co atom is small but quite large when more Co atoms are located at adjacent Zn sites. The large scattering effects of two adjacent Co atoms will alter the band structures near the Fermi-level. Carriers in Ba(Zn1-xCox)2As2 mainly originate from the As-4p orbitals, with partial contributions from the Co-3d orbitals. Our work provides new insights into the origin of the n-type carriers in magnetic semiconductors and will inspire the development of new magnetic semiconducting systems.","PeriodicalId":508829,"journal":{"name":"New Journal of Physics","volume":"81 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140261588","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effects of band gap on the magic-angle of twisted bilayer graphene","authors":"Guodong Yu, Lanting Feng","doi":"10.1088/1367-2630/ad3000","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/ad3000","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Band flattening has been observed in various materials with twisted bilayer structures, such as graphene, MoS2, and hexagonal boron nitride (hBN). However, the unique phenomenon of magic-angle has only been reported in the twisted bilayer graphene (tBG) and not in the twisted bilayer semiconductors or insulators. We aim to investigate the impact of gap opening and interlayer coupling strength on the magic-angle in the tBG. Our results based on the continuum model Hamiltonian with mass term indicate that the presence of a band gap hinders the occurrence of the magic-angle, but strengthening the interlayer coupling tends to restore it. By introducing layer asymmetry, such as interlayer bias or mass difference between layers, the flat bands become more dispersive. Furthermore, we have explored the influence of the Moire's potential due to the hBN substrate by calculating the quasi-band-structure of the hetero-structure tBG/hBN. Our findings indicate that the conclusions drawn from using the mass term remain valid despite the presence of the Moire's potential due to the hBN substrate.","PeriodicalId":508829,"journal":{"name":"New Journal of Physics","volume":"40 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140265896","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Phonon heat removal from metal nano-particles and dynamics of nano-particle cooling at low temperatures","authors":"A. Bezuglyj, L. Davydov","doi":"10.1088/1367-2630/ad2f69","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/ad2f69","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 The theoretical analysis of the energy relaxation of an electron-phonon system of metal nanoparticles embedded in a dielectric matrix is usually based on semiphenomenological dynamic equations for electron and phonon temperatures (two-temperature model), which does not take into account the non-thermal nature of the phonon distribution function. In this work, we use a microscopic model that describes the dynamics of the electron-phonon system of metal nanorods and metal spherical nanoparticles in terms of the kinetic equation for the phonon distribution function. We focus on the size effect in the transfer of heat from a nanoparticle to a dielectric matrix. If the dimensions of the nanoparticle are much larger than the phonon-electron mean free path, then the heat transfer is determined by the properties of the interface between the nanoparticle and the matrix. In the opposite case, heat removal is determined solely by the parameters of the electron-phonon interaction in a metal nanoparticle. The dynamics of cooling of nanoparticles is also considered and the dependence of the electron temperature on time is obtained.","PeriodicalId":508829,"journal":{"name":"New Journal of Physics","volume":"33 15","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140081366","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}