Magnetic Correlations in the Quasi-Two-Dimensional Semiconducting Ferromagnet CrSiTe3
Abstract
Intrinsic, 2D ferromagnetic semiconductors are an important class of materials for overcoming dilute magnetic semiconductors’ limitations for spintronics. CrSiTe3 is a particularly interesting material of this class, since it can likely be exfoliated to single layers, for which Tc is predicted to increase dramatically. Establishing the nature of the bulk material’s magnetism is necessary for understanding the thin-film magnetic behavior and the material’s possible applications. In this work, we use elastic and inelastic neutron scattering to measure the magnetic properties of single crystalline CrSiTe3. We find a very small single ion anisotropy that favors magnetic ordering along the c-axis and that the measured spin waves fit well to a model in which the moments are only weakly coupled along that direction. Then, we find that both static and dynamic correlations persist within the ab-plane up to at least 300 K, which is strong evidence of the material's 2D characteristics that are relevant for future studies on thin film and monolayer samples.
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- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1222556
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1222528
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 92; Journal Issue: 14; Journal ID: ISSN 1098-0121
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
Citation Formats
Williams, Travis J., Aczel, Adam A., Lumsden, Mark D., Nagler, Stephen E., Stone, Matthew B., Yan, Jiaqiang -Q., and Mandrus, D. Magnetic Correlations in the Quasi-Two-Dimensional Semiconducting Ferromagnet CrSiTe3. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.92.144404.
Williams, Travis J., Aczel, Adam A., Lumsden, Mark D., Nagler, Stephen E., Stone, Matthew B., Yan, Jiaqiang -Q., & Mandrus, D. Magnetic Correlations in the Quasi-Two-Dimensional Semiconducting Ferromagnet CrSiTe3. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.92.144404
Williams, Travis J., Aczel, Adam A., Lumsden, Mark D., Nagler, Stephen E., Stone, Matthew B., Yan, Jiaqiang -Q., and Mandrus, D. Fri .
"Magnetic Correlations in the Quasi-Two-Dimensional Semiconducting Ferromagnet CrSiTe3". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.92.144404. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1222556.
@article{osti_1222556,
title = {Magnetic Correlations in the Quasi-Two-Dimensional Semiconducting Ferromagnet CrSiTe3},
author = {Williams, Travis J. and Aczel, Adam A. and Lumsden, Mark D. and Nagler, Stephen E. and Stone, Matthew B. and Yan, Jiaqiang -Q. and Mandrus, D.},
abstractNote = {Intrinsic, 2D ferromagnetic semiconductors are an important class of materials for overcoming dilute magnetic semiconductors’ limitations for spintronics. CrSiTe3 is a particularly interesting material of this class, since it can likely be exfoliated to single layers, for which Tc is predicted to increase dramatically. Establishing the nature of the bulk material’s magnetism is necessary for understanding the thin-film magnetic behavior and the material’s possible applications. In this work, we use elastic and inelastic neutron scattering to measure the magnetic properties of single crystalline CrSiTe3. We find a very small single ion anisotropy that favors magnetic ordering along the c-axis and that the measured spin waves fit well to a model in which the moments are only weakly coupled along that direction. Then, we find that both static and dynamic correlations persist within the ab-plane up to at least 300 K, which is strong evidence of the material's 2D characteristics that are relevant for future studies on thin film and monolayer samples.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevB.92.144404},
journal = {Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics},
number = 14,
volume = 92,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Oct 02 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Fri Oct 02 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}
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