Broken Kramers Degeneracy in Altermagnetic MnTe

Altermagnetism is a newly identified fundamental class of magnetism with vanishing net magnetization and time-reversal symmetry broken electronic structure. Probing the unusual electronic structure with nonrelativistic spin splitting would be a direct experimental verification of an altermagnetic phase. By combining high-quality film growth and in situ angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy, we report the electronic structure of an altermagnetic candidate, α-MnTe. Temperature-dependent study reveals the lifting of Kramers degeneracy accompanied by a magnetic phase transition at T_{N}=267  K with spin splitting of up to 370 meV, providing direct spectroscopic evidence for altermagnetism in MnTe.

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2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:132

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Physical review letters - 132(2024), 3 vom: 19. Jan., Seite 036702

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Englisch

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Lee, Suyoung [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Sangjae [VerfasserIn]
Jung, Saegyeol [VerfasserIn]
Jung, Jiwon [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Donghan [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Yeonjae [VerfasserIn]
Seok, Byeongjun [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Jaeyoung [VerfasserIn]
Park, Byeong Gyu [VerfasserIn]
Šmejkal, Libor [VerfasserIn]
Kang, Chang-Jong [VerfasserIn]
Kim, Changyoung [VerfasserIn]

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Date Revised 02.02.2024

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10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.036702

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NLM367964481