† These authors contributed equally to this work. Electrical manipulation of emergent phenomena due to nontrivial band topology is a key to realize next-generation technology using topological protection. A Weyl semimetal is a three-dimensional gapless system that hosts Weyl fermions as low-energy quasiparticles 1-4 . It exhibits various exotic phenomena such as large anomalous Hall effect (AHE) and chiral anomaly, which have robust properties due to the topologically protected Weyl nodes 1-23 . To manipulate such phenomena, the magnetic version of Weyl semimetals would be useful as a magnetic texture may provide a handle for controlling the locations of Weyl nodes in the Brillouin zone. Moreover, given the prospects of antiferromagnetic (AF) spintronics for realizing high-density devices with ultrafast operation 24-26 , it would 2 be ideal if one could electrically manipulate an AF Weyl metal. However, no report has appeared on the electrical manipulation of a Weyl metal. Here we demonstrate the electrical switching of a topological AF state and its detection by AHE at room temperature. In particular, we employ a polycrystalline thin film 27 of the AF Weyl metal Mn3Sn 10,13,15,28 , which exhibits zero-field AHE. Using the bilayer device of Mn3Sn and nonmagnetic metals (NMs), we find that an electrical current density of ~10 10 -10 11 A/m 2 in NMs induces the magnetic switching with a large change in Hall voltage, and besides, the current polarity along a bias field and the sign of the spin Hall angle θSH of NMs [Pt (θSH > 0) 29 , Cu(θSH ~ 0), W (θSH < 0) 30 ] determines the sign of the Hall voltage. Notably, the electrical switching in the antiferromagnet is made using the same protocol as the one used for ferromagnetic metals 31,32 . Our observation may well lead to another leap in science and technology for topological magnetism and AF spintronics 33 . Recent extensive studies in condensed matter physics have led to the discoveries of novel quantum phases with nontrivial topology in the electronic band structure 4,34,35 . One example of such topological systems is a Weyl semimetal 1-4 . Two non-degenerate bands linearly touch at a pair of momentum points, forming gapless Weyl fermions with different chiralities in a timereversal-symmetry (TRS) or inversion-symmetry breaking state. These touching points or Weyl nodes act as topologically protected, unit-strength (anti)monopoles of underlying Berry curvature, and lead to various emergent phenomena such as large AHE, anomalous Nernst effect (ANE), chiral anomaly and optical gyrotropy 1-23 .For developing science and technology utilizing novel topological states, a crucial next step would be to manipulate these emergent phenomena electrically. In a Weyl semimetal, the manipulation can be made by moving the Weyl points around in the Brillouin zone. For this purpose, the TRS breaking or magnetic Weyl semimetals are suitable as their magnetic texture 3 may provide a handle for the manipulation. Besides, antiferromagnets (AFMs) have recently attracted significant atte...
Highly sensitive microwave devices that are operational at room temperature are important for high-speed multiplex telecommunications. Quantum devices such as superconducting bolometers possess high performance but work only at low temperature. On the other hand, semiconductor devices, although enabling high-speed operation at room temperature, have poor signal-to-noise ratios. In this regard, the demonstration of a diode based on spin-torque-induced ferromagnetic resonance between nanomagnets represented a promising development, even though the rectification output was too small for applications (1.4 mV mW(-1)). Here we show that by applying d.c. bias currents to nanomagnets while precisely controlling their magnetization-potential profiles, a much greater radiofrequency detection sensitivity of 12,000 mV mW(-1) is achievable at room temperature, exceeding that of semiconductor diode detectors (3,800 mV mW(-1)). Theoretical analysis reveals essential roles for nonlinear ferromagnetic resonance, which enhances the signal-to-noise ratio even at room temperature as the size of the magnets decreases.
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