Ferromagnetic interlayer coupling in CrSBr crystals irradiated by ions
Ferromagnetic interlayer coupling in CrSBr crystals irradiated by ions
Long, F.; Ghorbani Asl, M.; Mosina, K.; Li, Y.; Lin, K.; Ganss, F.; Hübner, R.; Sofer, Z.; Dirnberger, F.; Kamra, A.; Krasheninnikov, A.; Prucnal, S.; Helm, M.; Zhou, S.
Abstract
Layered magnetic materials are becoming a major platform for future spin-based applications. Particularly the air-stable van der Waals compound CrSBr is attracting considerable interest due to its prominent magneto-transport and magneto-optical properties. In this work, we observe a transition from antiferromagnetic to ferromagnetic behavior in CrSBr crystals exposed to high-energy, non-magnetic ions. Already at moderate fluences, ion irradiation induces a remanent magnetization with hysteresis adapting to the easy-axis anisotropy of the pristine magnetic order up to a critical temperature of 110 K. Structure analysis of the irradiated crystals in conjunction with density functional theory calculations suggest that the displacement of constituent atoms due to collisions with ions and the formation of interstitials favors ferromagnetic order between the layers.
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- Ionenstrahlzentrum DOI: 10.17815/jlsrf-3-159
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Nano Letters 23(2023)18, 8468-8473
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c01920
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