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Electrical switching of the anomalous Hall effect

The anomalous Hall effect in an antiferromagnet can be switched on and off using an electric field to alter the strain in the material.

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Fig. 1: Switching of the anomalous Hall effect by strain.

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Sürgers, C. Electrical switching of the anomalous Hall effect. Nat Electron 1, 154–155 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41928-018-0047-7

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