Affiliation:
1. Institute for Functional Intelligent Materials National University of Singapore Singapore 117544 Singapore
2. Institute for Molecules and Materials Radboud University AJ Nijmegen NL‐6525 The Netherlands
3. National Renewable Energy Laboratory Golden CO 80401 USA
4. King's College London Theory and Simulation of Condensed Matter The Strand London WC2R 2LS UK
5. Research Center for Functional Materials National Institute for Materials Science Tsukuba 305‐0044 Japan
6. International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics National Institute for Materials Science Tsukuba 305‐0044 Japan
7. Department of Materials Science and Engineering National University of Singapore Singapore 117575 Singapore
Abstract
AbstractFerromagnetism in van der Waals systems, preserved down to a monolayer limit, attracted attention to a class of materials with general composition CrX3 (X=I, Br, and Cl), which are treated now as canonical 2D ferromagnets. Their diverse magnetic properties, such as different easy axes or varying and controllable character of in‐plane or interlayer ferromagnetic coupling, make them promising candidates for spintronic, photonic, optoelectronic, and other applications. Still, significantly different magneto‐optical properties between the three materials have been presenting a challenging puzzle for researchers over the last few years. Herewith, it is demonstrated that despite similar structural and magnetic configurations, the coupling between excitons and magnetization is qualitatively different in CrBr3 and CrI3 films. Through a combination of the optical spin pumping experiments with the state‐of‐the‐art theory describing bound excitonic states in the presence of magnetization, we concluded that the hole‐magnetization coupling has the opposite sign in CrBr3 and CrI3 and also between the ground and excited exciton state. Consequently, efficient spin pumping capabilities are demonstrated in CrBr3 driven by magnetization via spin‐dependent absorption, and the different origins of the magnetic hysteresis in CrBr3 and CrI3 are unraveled.
Funder
H2020 European Research Council
Narodowym Centrum Nauki
Subject
Mechanical Engineering,Mechanics of Materials,General Materials Science
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