Zhang Luman, Huang Xinyu, Dai Hongwei, Wang Mingshan, Cheng Hui, Tong Lei, Li Zheng, Han Xiaotao, Wang Xia, Ye Lei, Han Junbo
Wuhan National High Magnetic Field Center and Department of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan, 430074, P. R. China.
School of Optical and Electronic Information and Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, P. R. China.
Adv Mater. 2020 Sep;32(38):e2002032. doi: 10.1002/adma.202002032. Epub 2020 Aug 16.
Magnetism in 2D has long been the focus of condensed matter physics due to its important applications in spintronic devices. A particularly promising aspect of 2D magnetism is the ability to fabricate 2D heterostructures with engineered optical, electrical, and quantum properties. Recently, the discovery of intrinsic ferromagnetisms in atomic thick materials has provided a new platform for investigations of fundamental magnetic physics. In contrast to 2D CrI and Cr Ge Te insulators, itinerant ferromagnetic Fe GeTe (FGT), which has a larger intrinsic perpendicular anisotropy, higher Curie temperature (T ), and relatively better stability, is a promising candidate for achieving permanent room-temperature ferromagnetism through interface or component engineering. Here, it is shown that the ferromagnetic properties of FGT thin flakes can be modulated through coupling with a FePS . The magneto-optical Kerr effect results show that the T of FGT is improved by more than 30 K and that the coercive field is increased by ≈100% due to the proximity coupling effect, which changes the spin textures of FGT at the interface. This work reveals that antiferromagnet/ferromagnet coupling is a promising way to engineer the magnetic properties of itinerant 2D ferromagnets, which paves the way for applications in advanced magnetic spintronic and memory devices.
由于二维磁性在自旋电子器件中的重要应用,长期以来一直是凝聚态物理的研究重点。二维磁性一个特别有前景的方面是能够制造具有工程光学、电学和量子特性的二维异质结构。最近,在原子厚度材料中发现本征铁磁性为基础磁性物理研究提供了一个新平台。与二维CrI和Cr Ge Te绝缘体不同,巡游铁磁体Fe GeTe(FGT)具有更大的本征垂直各向异性、更高的居里温度(T)以及相对更好的稳定性,是通过界面或组分工程实现室温永久铁磁性的一个有前景的候选材料。在此,研究表明FGT薄片的铁磁性能可通过与FePS耦合来调制。磁光克尔效应结果表明,由于近邻耦合效应,FGT的T提高了30 K以上,矫顽场增加了约100%,这改变了FGT在界面处的自旋纹理。这项工作表明反铁磁体/铁磁体耦合是调控巡游二维铁磁体磁性能的一种有前景的方法,为先进磁自旋电子器件和存储器件的应用铺平了道路。