Higher-order Oscillatory Planar Hall Effect in Topological Kagome Metal

TL;DR

This paper reports the discovery of higher-order oscillations in the planar Hall effect and magnetoresistivity in the kagome metal KV$_3$Sb$_5$, revealing complex interactions between lattice, magnetic, and electronic structures.

Contribution

It introduces the observation of exotic higher-order oscillations in PHE and PAMR driven by in-plane magnetic fields in a topological kagome metal, highlighting new transport phenomena.

Findings

Higher-order oscillations in PHE and PAMR observed

Oscillations depend strongly on magnetic field and temperature

Oscillations vanish near charge density wave transition

Abstract

Exploration of exotic transport behavior for quantum materials is of great interest and importance for revealing exotic orders to bring new physics. In this Letter, we report the observation of exotic prominent planar Hall effect (PHE) and planar anisotropic magnetoresistivity (PAMR) in strange kagome metal KV$_3$Sb$_5$. The PHE and PAMR, which are driven by an in-plane magnetic field and display sharp difference from other Hall effects driven by an out-of-plane magnetic field or magnetization, exhibit exotic higher-order oscillations in sharp contrast to those following empirical rule only allowing twofold symmetrical oscillations. These higher-order oscillations exhibit strong field and temperature dependence and vanish around charge density wave (CDW) transition. The unique transport properties suggest a significant interplay of the lattice, magnetic and electronic structure in KV$_3$Sb$_5$. This interplay can couple the hidden anisotropy and transport electrons leading to the novel PHE and PAMR in contrast to other materials.