Spin-Phonon Renormalization in CrSBr

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Main Authors: Ranhili, Jayajeewana N., Pathiraja, Chamini S., Brogdon, Brody, Cenker, John, Xu, Xiadong, Chica, Daniel, Roy, Xavier, Agrestini, Stefano, Garcia-Fernandez, Mirian, Zhou, Ke-Jin, Chuang, Yi-De, Datta, Trinanjan, Freelon, Byron
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author Ranhili, Jayajeewana N.
Pathiraja, Chamini S.
Brogdon, Brody
Cenker, John
Xu, Xiadong
Chica, Daniel
Roy, Xavier
Agrestini, Stefano
Garcia-Fernandez, Mirian
Zhou, Ke-Jin
Chuang, Yi-De
Datta, Trinanjan
Freelon, Byron
author_facet Ranhili, Jayajeewana N.
Pathiraja, Chamini S.
Brogdon, Brody
Cenker, John
Xu, Xiadong
Chica, Daniel
Roy, Xavier
Agrestini, Stefano
Garcia-Fernandez, Mirian
Zhou, Ke-Jin
Chuang, Yi-De
Datta, Trinanjan
Freelon, Byron
contents Direct experimental evidence of spin-phonon coupling in CrSBr is provided by the temperature dependent Cr L-edge resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (RIXS) spectra. Zone-center optical phonons are observed exclusively in the low-temperature antiferromagnetic phase as energy loss features. These phonon modes have energies of approximately, 43.5 meV and 43.1 meV for x-rays that are σ-polarized along the a and b axes, respectively. While a phonon mode of approximately 42.1 meV is observed under π-polarization. Density functional theory and phonon mode calculations identify these features as bond-bending optical phonon modes arising in the RIXS spectra. Room temperature melting of these low-energy RIXS peaks is explained in terms of a spin-phonon renormalization effect on the L-edge electron-phonon RIXS mechanism.
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spellingShingle Spin-Phonon Renormalization in CrSBr
Ranhili, Jayajeewana N.
Pathiraja, Chamini S.
Brogdon, Brody
Cenker, John
Xu, Xiadong
Chica, Daniel
Roy, Xavier
Agrestini, Stefano
Garcia-Fernandez, Mirian
Zhou, Ke-Jin
Chuang, Yi-De
Datta, Trinanjan
Freelon, Byron
Materials Science
Direct experimental evidence of spin-phonon coupling in CrSBr is provided by the temperature dependent Cr L-edge resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (RIXS) spectra. Zone-center optical phonons are observed exclusively in the low-temperature antiferromagnetic phase as energy loss features. These phonon modes have energies of approximately, 43.5 meV and 43.1 meV for x-rays that are σ-polarized along the a and b axes, respectively. While a phonon mode of approximately 42.1 meV is observed under π-polarization. Density functional theory and phonon mode calculations identify these features as bond-bending optical phonon modes arising in the RIXS spectra. Room temperature melting of these low-energy RIXS peaks is explained in terms of a spin-phonon renormalization effect on the L-edge electron-phonon RIXS mechanism.
title Spin-Phonon Renormalization in CrSBr
topic Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.06042