The University of Tokyo · Physics and Astronomy
Professor Tomoya Higo's research lab specializes in quantum magnetism and functional oxide materials, with a focus on antiferromagnets, spintronic materials, and topological quantum phenomena. The lab investigates complex magnetic orderings such as frustrated magnetism in pyrochlore and chiral antiferromagnets, aiming to exploit their unique electrical and magnetic responses for next-generation spintronic devices. Key research directions include engineering magnetic anisotropy, achieving electrical control of magnetic states, and exploring materials like Mn3Sn and NiS2 for applications in memory and sensing technologies.
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Abstract Control of magnetization direction is essential for the wide application of ferromagnets; it defines the signal size of memory and sensor. However, the magnetization itself causes a dilemma. While its size matters to obtain strong responses upon its reversal, the large magnetization concomitantly suppresses the range of its directional control because of the demagnetizing field. On the other hand, realization of the desired magnetic anisotropy requires careful engineering of crystalline
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Our polycrystalline sample study on the Yb-based chalcogenide spinels $A{\mathrm{Yb}}_{2}{X}_{4}$ ($A=$ Cd, Mg; $X=$ S, Se) has revealed frustrated magnetism due to the antiferromagnetically coupled Heisenberg spin on a pyrochlore lattice. The crystal electric field analysis indicates the Yb ground state has nearly Heisenberg spins with a strong quantum character of the ground doublet. All the materials exhibit an antiferromagnetic order at 1.4--1.8 K, much lower temperatures than the antiferrom
The pyrite-type antiferromagnet NiS2 exhibits a non-coplanar antiferromagnetic (NAF) spin ordering with four spin sublattices in the temperature region between TN1 = 38 K and TN2 = 30 K, and forms a weak ferromagnetic phase below TN2. We have carried out detailed magnetization measurements using high-quality single crystals of NiS2 to reveal magnetic properties associated with the NAF spin structure. Our results obtained in the field cooling sequence under various magnetic fields μ0HFC reveal th
Due to promising functionalities that may dramatically enhance spintronics performance, antiferromagnets are the subject of intensive research for developing the next-generation active elements to replace ferromagnets. In particular, the recent experimental demonstration of tunneling magnetoresistance and electrical switching using chiral antiferromagnets has sparked expectations for the practical integration of antiferromagnetic materials into device architectures. To further develop the techno
The magnetic Weyl semimetallic state in the chiral antiferromagnet Mn3Sn has attracted interest for its potential in memory technology. Despite vanishingly small magnetization, the material exhibits large transverse responses that can be electrically manipulated, similar to ferromagnets. Through deposition on heated Si/SiO2 substrates, we have fabricated polycrystalline Mn3Sn films that have coarse surfaces, the thinner of which have a discontinuous structure comprised of grains with diameters o
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