ArXiv · 2026
Nonmagnetic atomic occupation can control anomalous transverse transport by modifying magnetic symmetry without changing the underlying magnetic order. We demonstrate this effect using controlled γ-Mn, Mn₄N, and MnN reference states with the same lattice constant and identical noncoplanar all-in-all-out Mn magnetic configurations, while varying only the occupation of the N sublattice. The anomalous Hall and anomalous Nernst responses exhibit a pronounced zero–finite–zero evolution across the series despite the unchanged Mn spin order. In γ-Mn and MnN, the high magnetic symmetry enforces complete cancellation of the Brillouin-zone-integrated Berry curvature. In Mn₄N, N occupation lowers the magnetic symmetry while preserving inversion and breaking the relevant twofold rotational symmetries, thereby lifting the cancellation constraint and permitting an uncompensated Berry-curvature contribution along the [111] direction. The resulting finite anomalous Hall conductivity reaches -126~S/cm near the Fermi level. These results establish nonmagnetic sublattice occupation as a symmetry-control parameter for Berry-curvature-driven transport in compensated antiferromagnets, independent of changes in the magnetic order.
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