Topological Hall effect and Berry phase in magnetic nanostructures
Topological Hall effect and Berry phase in magnetic nanostructures
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DOI:
10.1103/physrevlett.93.096806
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发表时间:
2004-08-27
影响因子:
8.6
通讯作者:
Taillefumier, M
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作者:
Bruno, P;Dugaev, VK;Taillefumier, M
We discuss the anomalous Hall effect in a two-dimensional electron gas subject to a spatially varying magnetization. This topological Hall effect does not require any spin-orbit coupling and arises solely from Berry phase acquired by an electron moving in a smoothly varying magnetization. We propose an experiment with a structure containing 2D electrons or holes of diluted magnetic semiconductor subject to the stray field of a lattice of magnetic nanocylinders. The striking behavior predicted for such a system (of which all relevant parameters are well known) allows one to observe unambiguously the topological Hall effect and to distinguish it from other mechanisms.