Giant Doping Response of Magnetic Anisotropy in MnTe

Moseley, Duncan; Taddei, Keith; Yan, Jiaqiang; McGuire, Michael A.; Calder, Stuart; Polash, Md Mobarak Hossain; Vashaee, Daryoosh; Zhang, Xiaofan; Zhao, Huaizhou; Parker, David S.; Fishman, Randy; Hermann, Raphael P.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.6.014404

Title: Giant Doping Response of Magnetic Anisotropy in MnTe

Journal Article · 18 January 2022 · Physical Review Materials

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.6.014404 · OSTI ID:1841498

Moseley, Duncan ^[1];

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^[1]; Polash, Md Mobarak Hossain ^[2]; Vashaee, Daryoosh ^[2]; Zhang, Xiaofan ^[3]; Zhao, Huaizhou ^[3];

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Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC (United States)
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China). Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics

Developing simple ways to control spin states in spintronic devices is a crucial step towards increasing their functionality. MnTe is a room-temperature antiferromagnet with promising spintronic properties, including for thermospintronics and magnon-based devices. Here, we show that, in MnTe, less than 1% Li is sufficient to produce a dramatic spin reorientation as observed by neutron diffraction. The behavior of the 0001 magnetic Bragg peak reveals a significant reorientation of the Mn spins from planar in the pure material to almost completely axial with minimal Li doping. Temperature dependence of the magnetic peaks in Li-doped samples indicates that axial spins shift back to planar suddenly upon approaching the Néel temperature (T_N = 307 K). Density functional theory calculations support the idea that a shift in the Fermi level caused by doping is responsible for switching the material between two competing magnetic ground states. These results pave the way for developing easy switching of magnetic states in functional materials such as spintronic devices and topological insulators.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: Air Force Office of Scientific Research; MOST (China); NSF; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1841498

Journal Information:: Physical Review Materials, Journal Name: Physical Review Materials Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 6; ISSN 2475-9953

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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