Giant magneto-cubic in-plane Hall effect in a nonmagnetic material

TL;DR

This paper reports a giant in-plane Hall effect in a nonmagnetic material, LuAuSn, with a magnitude surpassing previous reports, driven by extrinsic scattering processes, and demonstrating a magneto-cubic IPHE under threefold symmetry.

Contribution

It presents the first observation of a giant magneto-cubic in-plane Hall effect in a nonmagnetic material, expanding understanding of IPHE physics and potential applications.

Findings

Giant IPHE magnitude exceeds previous reports

Observation of cubic dependence on magnetic field

Extrinsic scattering processes dominate the effect

Abstract

In-plane Hall effect (IPHE) triggered by an external magnetic field applied in the transport plane has attracted significant experimental attentions in recent few years 1-6. However, most experiments focus on magnetic materials, where the existence of magnetic ordering may complicate understanding the physics behind, and the relatively small signal magnitudes limit the application of the effect. Here, we report a giant IPHE in a nonmagnetic half-Heusler compound LuAuSn, with a magnitude exceeding all the previously reported values. A -period of IPHE and the consistent cubic dependence on the magnetic field are observed, realizing the long-sought theoretical prediction of magneto-cubic IPHE under threefold rotational symmetry7-9 in an unexpected material. The scaling law analysis and first-principles calculations indicate that extrinsic side jump and skew scattering processes from both impurity and phonon scatterings dominate the observed effect. These findings unravel a new type of magneto-nonlinear IPHE, and its large magnitude and wide-temperature operation may open the door to practical applications of IPHE.