Distinct magneto-Raman signatures of spin-flip phase transitions in CrI3

McCreary, Amber; Mai, Thuc T.; Utermohlen, Franz G.; Simpson, Jeffrey R.; Garrity, Kevin F.; Feng, Xiaozhou; Shcherbakov, Dmitry; Zhu, Yanglin; Hu, Jin; Weber, Daniel; Watanabe, Kenji; Taniguchi, Takashi; Goldberger, Joshua E.; Mao, Zhiqiang; Lau, Chun Ning; Lu, Yuanming; Trivedi, Nandini; Valdés Aguilar, Rolando; Hight Walker, Angela R.

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-17320-3

Distinct magneto-Raman signatures of spin-flip phase transitions in CrI₃

Journal Article · Mon Aug 03 04:00:00 EDT 2020 · Nature Communications

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17320-3· OSTI ID:1803544

McCreary, Amber ^[1]; Mai, Thuc T. ^[2]; Utermohlen, Franz G. ^[3]; Simpson, Jeffrey R. ^[4]; Garrity, Kevin F. ^[5]; ^[3]; ^[3]; Zhu, Yanglin ^[6]; ^[7]; ^[8]; ^[9]; Taniguchi, Takashi ^[9]; ^[8]; ^[6]; ^[3]; Lu, Yuanming ^[3]; ^[3]; ^[3]; ^[10]

National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD (United States). Physical Measurement Lab. Nanoscale Device Characterization Division; OSTI
National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD (United States). Physical Measurement Lab. Nanoscale Device Characterization Division; The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States). Dept. of Physics
The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States). Dept. of Physics
National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD (United States). Physical Measurement Lab. Nanoscale Device Characterization Division; Towson Univ., Towson, MD (United States). Dept. of Physics, Astronomy and Geosciences
National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD (United States). Material Measurement Lab. Materials Measurement Science Division
Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States). Dept. of Physics
Univ. of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR (United States). Dept. of Physics
The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States). Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry
National Inst. for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki (Japan)
National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD (United States). Physical Measurement Lab. Nanoscale Device Characterization Division

The discovery of 2-dimensional (2D) materials, such as CrI₃, that retain magnetic ordering at monolayer thickness has resulted in a surge of both pure and applied research in 2D magnetism. Here, we report a magneto-Raman spectroscopy study on multilayered CrI₃, focusing on two additional features in the spectra that appear below the magnetic ordering temperature and were previously assigned to high frequency magnons. Instead, we conclude these modes are actually zone-folded phonons. We observe a striking evolution of the Raman spectra with increasing magnetic field applied perpendicular to the atomic layers in which clear, sudden changes in intensities of the modes are attributed to the interlayer ordering changing from antiferromagnetic to ferromagnetic at a critical magnetic field. Our work highlights the sensitivity of the Raman modes to weak interlayer spin ordering in CrI₃.

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Research Organization:: Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0019068

OSTI ID:: 1803544

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1868539

Journal Information:: Nature Communications, Journal Name: Nature Communications Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 11; ISSN 2041-1723

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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