Ligand Mediated Magnetoelectronic Coupling Across Metamagnetic Transitions in CrPS4

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Hauptverfasser: Buccoliero, Giuseppe, Nickel, Rachel, Sant, Roberto, Cantarino, Marli dos Reis, Rogalev, Andrei, Yutronkie, Nathan J., Riccardi, Tristan, Chaney, Daniel A., Kummer, Kurt, Coraux, Johann, Brookes, Nicholas B.
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author Buccoliero, Giuseppe
Nickel, Rachel
Sant, Roberto
Cantarino, Marli dos Reis
Rogalev, Andrei
Yutronkie, Nathan J.
Riccardi, Tristan
Chaney, Daniel A.
Kummer, Kurt
Coraux, Johann
Brookes, Nicholas B.
author_facet Buccoliero, Giuseppe
Nickel, Rachel
Sant, Roberto
Cantarino, Marli dos Reis
Rogalev, Andrei
Yutronkie, Nathan J.
Riccardi, Tristan
Chaney, Daniel A.
Kummer, Kurt
Coraux, Johann
Brookes, Nicholas B.
contents Chromium thiophosphate is a long-known material: a layered semiconducting antiferromagnet. Its recently discovered gate-tunable metamagnetic phase transitions, the remarkable positive and oscillating magnetoresistance as a tunnel barrier, and its Fano-resonance luminescence, elusive among the multitude of Cr3+ compounds, call for revisiting the understanding of its electronic structure, especially regarding how it relates to magnetic order. Here, we employ X-ray magnetic circular dichroism, implemented in both absorption and resonant inelastic X-ray spectroscopies, together with quantum many-body calculations, to unveil the complex nature of magnetoelectronic coupling in CrPS4, featuring hybridization between crystal-field and charge-transfer transitions. We reveal the role of extended superexchange paths involving P and S atoms, mediating interactions between the Cr spins across the different magnetic phases: antiferromagnetic, canted, and ferromagnetic. Our results elucidate the electronic states involved in these phases and provide prescriptions for engineering the metamagnetic phase diagram of CrPS4.
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spellingShingle Ligand Mediated Magnetoelectronic Coupling Across Metamagnetic Transitions in CrPS4
Buccoliero, Giuseppe
Nickel, Rachel
Sant, Roberto
Cantarino, Marli dos Reis
Rogalev, Andrei
Yutronkie, Nathan J.
Riccardi, Tristan
Chaney, Daniel A.
Kummer, Kurt
Coraux, Johann
Brookes, Nicholas B.
Materials Science
Chromium thiophosphate is a long-known material: a layered semiconducting antiferromagnet. Its recently discovered gate-tunable metamagnetic phase transitions, the remarkable positive and oscillating magnetoresistance as a tunnel barrier, and its Fano-resonance luminescence, elusive among the multitude of Cr3+ compounds, call for revisiting the understanding of its electronic structure, especially regarding how it relates to magnetic order. Here, we employ X-ray magnetic circular dichroism, implemented in both absorption and resonant inelastic X-ray spectroscopies, together with quantum many-body calculations, to unveil the complex nature of magnetoelectronic coupling in CrPS4, featuring hybridization between crystal-field and charge-transfer transitions. We reveal the role of extended superexchange paths involving P and S atoms, mediating interactions between the Cr spins across the different magnetic phases: antiferromagnetic, canted, and ferromagnetic. Our results elucidate the electronic states involved in these phases and provide prescriptions for engineering the metamagnetic phase diagram of CrPS4.
title Ligand Mediated Magnetoelectronic Coupling Across Metamagnetic Transitions in CrPS4
topic Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.16083