Field-tunable toroidal moment and anomalous Hall effect in noncollinear antiferromagnetic Weyl semimetal Co1/3TaS2

TL;DR

This study demonstrates that Co1/3TaS2, a noncollinear antiferromagnetic Weyl semimetal, exhibits a tunable toroidal moment and anomalous Hall effect driven by its magnetic and topological properties, with potential for magnetic control.

Contribution

It reveals the field-tunable toroidal moment and anomalous Hall effect in Co1/3TaS2, a triangular lattice antiferromagnet with Weyl fermions, combining experimental and first-principles insights.

Findings

Co1/3TaS2 exhibits a substantial anomalous Hall effect.

The AHE is related to hourglass Weyl fermions from non-symmorphic symmetry.

The toroidal moment characterizes the AHE and is field-tunable.

Abstract

Combining magnetism with band topology provides various novel phases that are otherwise impossible. Among several cases, noncollinear metallic antiferromagnets can reveal particularly rich topological physics due to their diverse magnetic ground states. However, there are only a few experimental studies due to the lack of suitable materials, especially with triangular lattice antiferromagnets. Here, we report that metallic triangular antiferromagnet Co1/3TaS2 exhibits a substantial anomalous Hall effect (AHE) related to its noncollinear magnetic order. Our first-principles calculations found that hourglass Weyl fermions from the non-symmorphic symmetry trigger AHE. We further show that AHE in Co1/3TaS2 can be characterized by the toroidal moment, a vortex-like multipole component that arises from a combination of chiral lattice and geometrical frustration. Finally, the unusual field-tunability of the toroidal moment puts Co1/3TaS2 as a rare example of a noncollinear metallic antiferromagnet filled with interesting magnetic and topological properties.