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Title: Gapless Dirac magnons in CrCl3

Abstract

Abstract Bosonic Dirac materials are testbeds for dissipationless spin-based electronics. In the quasi two-dimensional honeycomb lattice of CrX 3 (X = Cl, Br, I), Dirac magnons have been predicted at the crossing of acoustical and optical spin waves, analogous to Dirac fermions in graphene. Here we show that, distinct from CrBr 3 and CrI 3 , gapless Dirac magnons are present in bulk CrCl 3 , with inelastic neutron scattering intensity at low temperatures approaching zero at the Dirac K point. Upon warming, magnon-magnon interactions induce strong renormalization and decreased lifetimes, with a ~25% softening of the upper magnon branch intensity from 5 to 50 K, though magnon features persist well above T N . Moreover, on cooling below ~50 K, an anomalous increase in the a -axis lattice constant and a hardening of a ~26 meV phonon feature are observed, indicating magnetoelastic and spin-phonon coupling arising from an increase in the in-plane spin correlations that begins tens of Kelvin above T N .

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program
OSTI Identifier:
1873590
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1883772
Grant/Contract Number:  
FG02-01ER45927; AC05-00OR22725
Resource Type:
Published Article
Journal Name:
npj Quantum Materials
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: npj Quantum Materials Journal Volume: 7 Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2397-4648
Publisher:
Nature Publishing Group
Country of Publication:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE

Citation Formats

Schneeloch, John A., Tao, Yu, Cheng, Yongqiang, Daemen, Luke, Xu, Guangyong, Zhang, Qiang, and Louca, Despina. Gapless Dirac magnons in CrCl3. United Kingdom: N. p., 2022. Web. doi:10.1038/s41535-022-00473-3.
Schneeloch, John A., Tao, Yu, Cheng, Yongqiang, Daemen, Luke, Xu, Guangyong, Zhang, Qiang, & Louca, Despina. Gapless Dirac magnons in CrCl3. United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41535-022-00473-3
Schneeloch, John A., Tao, Yu, Cheng, Yongqiang, Daemen, Luke, Xu, Guangyong, Zhang, Qiang, and Louca, Despina. Wed . "Gapless Dirac magnons in CrCl3". United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41535-022-00473-3.
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title = {Gapless Dirac magnons in CrCl3},
author = {Schneeloch, John A. and Tao, Yu and Cheng, Yongqiang and Daemen, Luke and Xu, Guangyong and Zhang, Qiang and Louca, Despina},
abstractNote = {Abstract Bosonic Dirac materials are testbeds for dissipationless spin-based electronics. In the quasi two-dimensional honeycomb lattice of CrX 3 (X = Cl, Br, I), Dirac magnons have been predicted at the crossing of acoustical and optical spin waves, analogous to Dirac fermions in graphene. Here we show that, distinct from CrBr 3 and CrI 3 , gapless Dirac magnons are present in bulk CrCl 3 , with inelastic neutron scattering intensity at low temperatures approaching zero at the Dirac K point. Upon warming, magnon-magnon interactions induce strong renormalization and decreased lifetimes, with a ~25% softening of the upper magnon branch intensity from 5 to 50 K, though magnon features persist well above T N . Moreover, on cooling below ~50 K, an anomalous increase in the a -axis lattice constant and a hardening of a ~26 meV phonon feature are observed, indicating magnetoelastic and spin-phonon coupling arising from an increase in the in-plane spin correlations that begins tens of Kelvin above T N .},
doi = {10.1038/s41535-022-00473-3},
journal = {npj Quantum Materials},
number = 1,
volume = 7,
place = {United Kingdom},
year = {Wed Jun 22 00:00:00 EDT 2022},
month = {Wed Jun 22 00:00:00 EDT 2022}
}

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