Interlayer magnetophononic coupling in MnBi2Te4

Padmanabhan, Hari; Poore, Maxwell; Kim, Peter K.; Koocher, Nathan Z.; Stoica, Vladimir A.; Puggioni, Danilo; (Hugo) Wang, Huaiyu; Shen, Xiaozhe; Reid, Alexander H.; Gu, Mingqiang; Wetherington, Maxwell; Lee, Seng Huat; Schaller, Richard D.; Mao, Zhiqiang; Lindenberg, Aaron M.; Wang, Xijie; Rondinelli, James M.; Averitt, Richard D.; Gopalan, Venkatraman

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-29545-5

Title: Interlayer magnetophononic coupling in MnBi2Te4

Journal Article · Fri Apr 08 00:00:00 EDT 2022 · Nature Communications

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29545-5· OSTI ID:1862092

; Poore, Maxwell; Kim, Peter K.; Koocher, Nathan Z.;

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; Wetherington, Maxwell;

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; Gopalan, Venkatraman

The emergence of magnetism in quantum materials creates a platform to realize spin-based applications in spintronics, magnetic memory, and quantum information science. A key to unlocking new functionalities in these materials is the discovery of tunable coupling between spins and other microscopic degrees of freedom. We present evidence for interlayer magnetophononic coupling in the layered magnetic topological insulator MnBi2Te4. Employing magneto-Raman spectroscopy, we observe anomalies in phonon scattering intensities across magnetic field-driven phase transitions, despite the absence of discernible static structural changes. This behavior is a consequence of a magnetophononic wave-mixing process that allows for the excitation of zone-boundary phonons that are otherwise 'forbidden' by momentum conservation. Our microscopic model based on density functional theory calculations reveals that this phenomenon can be attributed to phonons modulating the interlayer exchange coupling. Moreover, signatures of magnetophononic coupling are also observed in the time domain through the ultrafast excitation and detection of coherent phonons across magnetic transitions. In light of the intimate connection between magnetism and topology in MnBi2Te4, the magnetophononic coupling represents an important step towards coherent on-demand manipulation of magnetic topological phases. Tunable coupling between magnetism and the lattice is important for on-demand manipulation of magnetic phases. Here, the authors demonstrate that lattice vibrations can coherently modulate the interlayer magnetic exchange coupling in the magnetic topological insulator MnBi2Te4.

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Research Organization:: SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States); Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); US Army Research Office (ARO)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515; SC0012375; SC0020145; W911NF-15-1-0017; AC02–05- CH11231; AC02- 06CH11357; AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1862092

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1866570; OSTI ID: 1898647

Journal Information:: Nature Communications, Journal Name: Nature Communications Vol. 13 Journal Issue: 1; ISSN 2041-1723

Publisher:: Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United Kingdom

Language:: English

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