Distinct magneto-Raman signatures of spin-flip phase transitions in CrI3
Abstract
The discovery of 2-dimensional (2D) materials, such as CrI3, that retain magnetic ordering at monolayer thickness has resulted in a surge of both pure and applied research in 2D magnetism. Here, we report a magneto-Raman spectroscopy study on multilayered CrI3, focusing on two additional features in the spectra that appear below the magnetic ordering temperature and were previously assigned to high frequency magnons. Instead, we conclude these modes are actually zone-folded phonons. We observe a striking evolution of the Raman spectra with increasing magnetic field applied perpendicular to the atomic layers in which clear, sudden changes in intensities of the modes are attributed to the interlayer ordering changing from antiferromagnetic to ferromagnetic at a critical magnetic field. Our work highlights the sensitivity of the Raman modes to weak interlayer spin ordering in CrI3.
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- National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD (United States). Physical Measurement Lab. Nanoscale Device Characterization Division
- National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD (United States). Physical Measurement Lab. Nanoscale Device Characterization Division; The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States). Dept. of Physics
- The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States). Dept. of Physics
- National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD (United States). Physical Measurement Lab. Nanoscale Device Characterization Division; Towson Univ., Towson, MD (United States). Dept. of Physics, Astronomy and Geosciences
- National Inst. of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD (United States). Material Measurement Lab. Materials Measurement Science Division
- Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States). Dept. of Physics
- Univ. of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR (United States). Dept. of Physics
- The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States). Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry
- National Inst. for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Ibaraki (Japan)
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- Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States)
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- USDOE Office of Science (SC); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1803544
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1868539
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0019068
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Nature Communications
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 11; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2041-1723
- Publisher:
- Nature Publishing Group
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; 47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION; Science & Technology; Other Topics; Ferromagnetism; Magnetic properties and materials; Magneto-optics; Two-dimensional materials
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McCreary, Amber, Mai, Thuc T., Utermohlen, Franz G., Simpson, Jeffrey R., Garrity, Kevin F., Feng, Xiaozhou, Shcherbakov, Dmitry, Zhu, Yanglin, Hu, Jin, Weber, Daniel, Watanabe, Kenji, Taniguchi, Takashi, Goldberger, Joshua E., Mao, Zhiqiang, Lau, Chun Ning, Lu, Yuanming, Trivedi, Nandini, Valdés Aguilar, Rolando, and Hight Walker, Angela R. Distinct magneto-Raman signatures of spin-flip phase transitions in CrI3. United States: N. p., 2020.
Web. doi:10.1038/s41467-020-17320-3.
McCreary, Amber, Mai, Thuc T., Utermohlen, Franz G., Simpson, Jeffrey R., Garrity, Kevin F., Feng, Xiaozhou, Shcherbakov, Dmitry, Zhu, Yanglin, Hu, Jin, Weber, Daniel, Watanabe, Kenji, Taniguchi, Takashi, Goldberger, Joshua E., Mao, Zhiqiang, Lau, Chun Ning, Lu, Yuanming, Trivedi, Nandini, Valdés Aguilar, Rolando, & Hight Walker, Angela R. Distinct magneto-Raman signatures of spin-flip phase transitions in CrI3. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17320-3
McCreary, Amber, Mai, Thuc T., Utermohlen, Franz G., Simpson, Jeffrey R., Garrity, Kevin F., Feng, Xiaozhou, Shcherbakov, Dmitry, Zhu, Yanglin, Hu, Jin, Weber, Daniel, Watanabe, Kenji, Taniguchi, Takashi, Goldberger, Joshua E., Mao, Zhiqiang, Lau, Chun Ning, Lu, Yuanming, Trivedi, Nandini, Valdés Aguilar, Rolando, and Hight Walker, Angela R. Mon .
"Distinct magneto-Raman signatures of spin-flip phase transitions in CrI3". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17320-3. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1803544.
@article{osti_1803544,
title = {Distinct magneto-Raman signatures of spin-flip phase transitions in CrI3},
author = {McCreary, Amber and Mai, Thuc T. and Utermohlen, Franz G. and Simpson, Jeffrey R. and Garrity, Kevin F. and Feng, Xiaozhou and Shcherbakov, Dmitry and Zhu, Yanglin and Hu, Jin and Weber, Daniel and Watanabe, Kenji and Taniguchi, Takashi and Goldberger, Joshua E. and Mao, Zhiqiang and Lau, Chun Ning and Lu, Yuanming and Trivedi, Nandini and Valdés Aguilar, Rolando and Hight Walker, Angela R.},
abstractNote = {The discovery of 2-dimensional (2D) materials, such as CrI3, that retain magnetic ordering at monolayer thickness has resulted in a surge of both pure and applied research in 2D magnetism. Here, we report a magneto-Raman spectroscopy study on multilayered CrI3, focusing on two additional features in the spectra that appear below the magnetic ordering temperature and were previously assigned to high frequency magnons. Instead, we conclude these modes are actually zone-folded phonons. We observe a striking evolution of the Raman spectra with increasing magnetic field applied perpendicular to the atomic layers in which clear, sudden changes in intensities of the modes are attributed to the interlayer ordering changing from antiferromagnetic to ferromagnetic at a critical magnetic field. Our work highlights the sensitivity of the Raman modes to weak interlayer spin ordering in CrI3.},
doi = {10.1038/s41467-020-17320-3},
journal = {Nature Communications},
number = 1,
volume = 11,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Aug 03 00:00:00 EDT 2020},
month = {Mon Aug 03 00:00:00 EDT 2020}
}
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