Spin Seebeck effect at low temperatures in the nominally paramagnetic insulating state of vanadium dioxide

Luo, Renjie; Zhao, Xuanhan; Chen, Liyang; Legvold, Tanner J.; Navarro, Henry; Schuller, Ivan K.; Natelson, Douglas

doi:10.1063/5.0096313

Spin Seebeck effect at low temperatures in the nominally paramagnetic insulating state of vanadium dioxide

Journal Article · Fri Sep 09 00:00:00 EDT 2022 · Applied Physics Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0096313· OSTI ID:1909204

^[1]; Zhao, Xuanhan ^[2]; Chen, Liyang ^[2]; Legvold, Tanner J. ^[2]; ^[3]; Schuller, Ivan K. ^[3]; ^[2]

Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States); Rice University
Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States)
Univ. of California, San Diego, CA (United States)

The low temperature monoclinic, insulating phase of vanadium dioxide is ordinarily considered nonmagnetic, with dimerized vanadium atoms forming spin singlets, though paramagnetic response is seen at low temperatures. Here, we find a nonlocal spin Seebeck signal in VO₂ films that appears below 30 K and that increases with a decrease in temperature. The spin Seebeck response has a nonhysteretic dependence on the in-plane external magnetic field. This paramagnetic spin Seebeck response is discussed in terms of prior findings on paramagnetic spin Seebeck effects and expected magnetic excitations of the monoclinic ground state.

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Research Organization:: Rice Univ., Houston, TX (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: FG02-06ER46337; FG02-87ER45332

OSTI ID:: 1909204

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1886425

Journal Information:: Applied Physics Letters, Journal Name: Applied Physics Letters Journal Issue: 10 Vol. 121; ISSN 0003-6951

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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