Imaging magnetic switching in orthogonally twisted stacks of a van der Waals antiferromagnet
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| author | Healey, Alexander J Tan, Cheng Gross, Boris Scholten, Sam C Xing, Kaijian Chica, Daniel G Johnson, Brett C Poggio, Martino Ziebel, Michael E Roy, Xavier Tetienne, Jean-Philippe Broadway, David A |
| author_facet | Healey, Alexander J Tan, Cheng Gross, Boris Scholten, Sam C Xing, Kaijian Chica, Daniel G Johnson, Brett C Poggio, Martino Ziebel, Michael E Roy, Xavier Tetienne, Jean-Philippe Broadway, David A |
| contents | Stacking van der Waals magnets holds promise for creating new hybrid materials with properties that do not exist in bulk materials. Here we investigate orthogonally twisted stacks of the van der Waals antiferromagnet CrSBr, aiming to exploit an extreme misalignment of magnetic anisotropy across the twisted interface.Using nitrogen-vacancy centre microscopy, we construct vector maps of the magnetisation, and track their evolution under an external field, in a range of twisted compensated and uncompensated configurations differing by the number of layers. We show that twisted stacking consistently modifies the local magnetic switching behaviour of constituent flakes, and that these modifications are spatially non-uniform. In the case of compensated component flakes (even number of layers), we demonstrate that the combination of dipolar coupling and stacking-induced strain can reduce the switching field by over an order of magnitude. Conversely, in uncompensated component flakes (odd number of layers), we observe indications of a non-zero interlayer exchange interaction between twisted flakes during magnetization reversal, which can persistently modify magnetic order. This work highlights the importance of spatial imaging in investigating stacking-induced magnetic effects, particularly in the case of twistronics where spatial variation is expected and can be conflated with structural imperfections. |
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| spellingShingle | Imaging magnetic switching in orthogonally twisted stacks of a van der Waals antiferromagnet Healey, Alexander J Tan, Cheng Gross, Boris Scholten, Sam C Xing, Kaijian Chica, Daniel G Johnson, Brett C Poggio, Martino Ziebel, Michael E Roy, Xavier Tetienne, Jean-Philippe Broadway, David A Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Applied Physics Stacking van der Waals magnets holds promise for creating new hybrid materials with properties that do not exist in bulk materials. Here we investigate orthogonally twisted stacks of the van der Waals antiferromagnet CrSBr, aiming to exploit an extreme misalignment of magnetic anisotropy across the twisted interface.Using nitrogen-vacancy centre microscopy, we construct vector maps of the magnetisation, and track their evolution under an external field, in a range of twisted compensated and uncompensated configurations differing by the number of layers. We show that twisted stacking consistently modifies the local magnetic switching behaviour of constituent flakes, and that these modifications are spatially non-uniform. In the case of compensated component flakes (even number of layers), we demonstrate that the combination of dipolar coupling and stacking-induced strain can reduce the switching field by over an order of magnitude. Conversely, in uncompensated component flakes (odd number of layers), we observe indications of a non-zero interlayer exchange interaction between twisted flakes during magnetization reversal, which can persistently modify magnetic order. This work highlights the importance of spatial imaging in investigating stacking-induced magnetic effects, particularly in the case of twistronics where spatial variation is expected and can be conflated with structural imperfections. |
| title | Imaging magnetic switching in orthogonally twisted stacks of a van der Waals antiferromagnet |
| topic | Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Applied Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.19209 |