Observation of Giant Optical Linear Dichroism in a Zigzag Antiferromagnet FePS3

Zhang, Qi; Hwangbo, Kyle; Wang, Chong; Jiang, Qianni; Chu, Jiun-Haw; Wen, Haidan; Xiao, Di; Xu, Xiaodong

doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c02188

Title: Observation of Giant Optical Linear Dichroism in a Zigzag Antiferromagnet FePS₃

Journal Article · 16 August 2021 · Nano Letters

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c02188 · OSTI ID:1835248

Zhang, Qi ^[1];

^[2]; Wang, Chong ^[3]; Jiang, Qianni ^[2]; Chu, Jiun-Haw ^[2]; Wen, Haidan ^[4]; Xiao, Di ^[3];

^[2]

Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States); Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Lemont, IL (United States)
Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States)
Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Lemont, IL (United States)

Direct optical probing of the antiferromagnetic order parameter in atomically thin samples is challenging, for example, via magneto-optical spectroscopy, due to the lack of net magnetization. Here, we report zigzag-antiferromagnetism (AFM) induced optical linear dichroism (LD) in layered transition-metal thiophosphate FePS3 down to the monolayer limit. The observed LD is giant despite having the optical wave vector parallel to the Neel vector. The LD is at least one order of magnitude larger than those reported in other antiferromagnetic systems, where the optical wave vector is orthogonal to the Neel vector. The large LD enables the probe of 60 degrees orientated zigzag-AFM domains. The optical anisotropy in FePS₃ originates from an electronic anisotropy associated with the zigzag direction of the AFM order and is independent of the spin-pointing direction. Furthermore, our findings point to a new optical approach for the investigation and control of zigzag or stripe magnetic order in strongly correlated systems.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1835248

Journal Information:: Nano Letters, Journal Name: Nano Letters Journal Issue: 16 Vol. 21; ISSN 1530-6984

Publisher:: American Chemical SocietyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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