# Broken Kramers Degeneracy in Altermagnetic MnTe

“Broken Kramers Degeneracy in Altermagnetic MnTe” (2024), by Suyoung Lee et al. Physics and Astronomy research paper. Original abstract below, unchanged. A free PDF is available.

- Authors: Suyoung Lee, Sangjae Lee, Saegyeol Jung, Ji-Won Jung, Donghan Kim, Yeonjae Lee, Byeongjun Seok, Jae-Young Kim, Byeong Gyu Park, Libor Šmejkal et al.
- Published: January 18, 2024
- Field: Physics and Astronomy
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.132.036702
- Free PDF: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2308.11180

## Abstract

Altermagnetism is a newly identified fundamental class of magnetism with vanishing net magnetization and time-reversal symmetry broken electronic structure. Probing the unusual electronic structure with nonrelativistic spin splitting would be a direct experimental verification of an altermagnetic phase. By combining high-quality film growth and in situ angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy, we report the electronic structure of an altermagnetic candidate, α-MnTe. Temperature-dependent study reveals the lifting of Kramers degeneracy accompanied by a magnetic phase transition at T_N=267 K with spin splitting of up to 370 meV, providing direct spectroscopic evidence for altermagnetism in MnTe.

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