In:
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Vol. 116, No. 23 ( 2019-06-04), p. 11131-11136
Abstract:
We conduct a comprehensive study of three different magnetic semiconductors, CrI 3 , CrBr 3 , and CrCl 3 , by incorporating both few-layer and bilayer samples in van der Waals tunnel junctions. We find that the interlayer magnetic ordering, exchange gap, magnetic anisotropy, and magnon excitations evolve systematically with changing halogen atom. By fitting to a spin wave theory that accounts for nearest-neighbor exchange interactions, we are able to further determine a simple spin Hamiltonian describing all three systems. These results extend the 2D magnetism platform to Ising, Heisenberg, and XY spin classes in a single material family. Using magneto-optical measurements, we additionally demonstrate that ferromagnetism can be stabilized down to monolayer in more isotropic CrBr 3 , with transition temperature still close to that of the bulk.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0027-8424
,
1091-6490
DOI:
10.1073/pnas.1902100116
Language:
English
Publisher:
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Publication Date:
2019
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209104-5
detail.hit.zdb_id:
1461794-8
SSG:
11
SSG:
12
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