Microscopic evidence of spin-driven multiferroicity and topological spin textures in monolayer NiI2
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| author | Wang, Haitao Jiang, Tianxing Pan, Weiyi Wang, Xu Wang, Hongyu Tian, Junchao Li, Lianchuang Zhao, Dongming Zhang, Qingle Wang, Chenxi Yang, Ying Xiang, Hongjun Xu, Changsong Feng, Donglai Zhang, Tong |
| author_facet | Wang, Haitao Jiang, Tianxing Pan, Weiyi Wang, Xu Wang, Hongyu Tian, Junchao Li, Lianchuang Zhao, Dongming Zhang, Qingle Wang, Chenxi Yang, Ying Xiang, Hongjun Xu, Changsong Feng, Donglai Zhang, Tong |
| contents | In type II multiferroics, noncollinear spin textures are expected to induce electric polarization directly, leading to strong magnetoelectric coupling. Realizing such spin driven multiferroicity in two-dimensional systems, and elucidating the interplay between local spins and electric polarization, are of both fundamental and technological importance. Here, using vectorial spin polarized scanning tunneling microscopy, we investigated the spin-driven multiferroicity in monolayer NiI2 at atomic scale. We identify a canted spin-spiral state with fully determined spin rotation plane, accompanied by a 2Q charge modulation. At spin spiral domain walls, we discover topological spin textures that composed of meron/antimeron pairs. These textures are associated with distinct charge pattern and notable band shifts, indicating local bound charges induced by variations of ferroelectricity at domain wall. Our observations are well captured by a realistic spin model incorporating Kitaev interactions and generalized spin-current model of type II multiferroicity. The findings provide microscopic evidence of spin-driven multiferroicity in an extreme 2D system and establish a platform for low-dissipation, electric-field control of topological spin textures. |
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| spellingShingle | Microscopic evidence of spin-driven multiferroicity and topological spin textures in monolayer NiI2 Wang, Haitao Jiang, Tianxing Pan, Weiyi Wang, Xu Wang, Hongyu Tian, Junchao Li, Lianchuang Zhao, Dongming Zhang, Qingle Wang, Chenxi Yang, Ying Xiang, Hongjun Xu, Changsong Feng, Donglai Zhang, Tong Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Materials Science In type II multiferroics, noncollinear spin textures are expected to induce electric polarization directly, leading to strong magnetoelectric coupling. Realizing such spin driven multiferroicity in two-dimensional systems, and elucidating the interplay between local spins and electric polarization, are of both fundamental and technological importance. Here, using vectorial spin polarized scanning tunneling microscopy, we investigated the spin-driven multiferroicity in monolayer NiI2 at atomic scale. We identify a canted spin-spiral state with fully determined spin rotation plane, accompanied by a 2Q charge modulation. At spin spiral domain walls, we discover topological spin textures that composed of meron/antimeron pairs. These textures are associated with distinct charge pattern and notable band shifts, indicating local bound charges induced by variations of ferroelectricity at domain wall. Our observations are well captured by a realistic spin model incorporating Kitaev interactions and generalized spin-current model of type II multiferroicity. The findings provide microscopic evidence of spin-driven multiferroicity in an extreme 2D system and establish a platform for low-dissipation, electric-field control of topological spin textures. |
| title | Microscopic evidence of spin-driven multiferroicity and topological spin textures in monolayer NiI2 |
| topic | Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Materials Science |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.06959 |