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Thanassis Speliotis

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Fermi-surface studies of altermagnetic CrSb from Shubnikov-de Haas oscillations

Within the family of altermagnets, CrSb is a metallic, collinearly ordered material that exhibits particularly strong symmetry-induced spin splitting in its band structure. In this study, we combine electrical magnetotransport measurements up to 68 T on microfabricated single-crystalline CrSb with first-principles calculations to investigate its Fermi surface. Notably, we study the temperature and field-orientation dependence of magnetic quantum oscillations observed in the magnetoresistance. The observed frequency spectrum agrees well with results from density-functional-theory calculations. Our results confirm the predicted electronic band structure of altermagnetic CrSb and highlight the importance of high magnetic fields for accurately mapping the Fermi surfaces of unconventional emergent materials.

cond-mat.mtrl-sci

Electrical and thermal magnetotransport in altermagnetic CrSb

Chromium antimonide has emerged as a key material platform for studying altermagnetism because of its simple binary composition, high Néel temperature, and semimetallic electronic structure. Here, we investigate electrical and thermal magnetotransport in single-crystalline CrSb using steady-and pulsed-magnetic fields up to 65 T, and complement these measurements with neutron diffraction and magnetization data. We confirm the compensated magnetic structure and observe a large nonsaturating magnetoresistance together with a pronounced nonlinear Hall response at low temperatures. Multicarrier modeling, supported by mobility-spectrum analysis, reveals coexisting electron- and hole-like charge carriers with mobilities up to ~3000 cm2/Vs and shows that the number of transport channels that can be resolved strongly depends on the accessible magnetic-field range. Thermal-transport measurements further reveal a nonlinear thermal Hall response and a thermal conductivity substantially exceeding a simple Wiedemann-Franz law. The broadly similar field and temperature evolution of electrical and thermal transport point to a dominant electronic contribution, while the remaining deviations indicate additional heat-carrying channels.

cond-mat.mtrl-sci