FePS$_3$ is a van der Waals compound with a honeycomb lattice that is a good example of a two-dimensional antiferromagnet with Ising-like anisotropy. Neutron spectroscopy data from FePS3 were previously analysed using a straight-forward Heisenberg Hamiltonian with a single-ion anisotropy. The analysis captured most of the elements of the data, however some significant discrepancies remained. The discrepancies were most obvious at the Brillouin zone boundaries. The data are subsequently reanalysed allowing for unequal exchange between nominally equivalent nearest-neighbours, which resolves the discrepancies. The source of the unequal exchange is attributed to a biquadratic exchange term in the Hamiltonian which most probably arises from a strong magnetolattice coupling. The new parameters show that there are features consistent with Dirac magnon nodal lines along certain Brillouin zone boundaries.
We report on magneto-optical studies of the quasi-two-dimensional van der Waals antiferromagnet FePS$_3$. Our measurements reveal an excitation that closely resembles the antiferromagnetic resonance mode typical of easy-axis antiferromagnets, nevertheless, it displays an unusual, four-times larger Zeeman splitting in an applied magnetic field. We identify this excitation with an $|S_z|=4$ multipolar magnon -- a single-ion 4-magnon bound state -- that corresponds to a full reversal of a single magnetic moment of the Fe$^{2+}$ ion. We argue that condensation of multipolar magnons in large-spin m…
Layered van-der-Waals 2D magnetic materials are of great interest in fundamental condensed-matter physics research, as well as for potential applications in spintronics and device physics. We present neutron powder diffraction data using new ultra-high-pressure techniques to measure the magnetic structure of Mott-insulating 2D honeycomb antiferromagnet FePS$_3$ at pressures up to 183 kbar and temperatures down to 80 K. These data are complemented by high-pressure magnetometry and reverse Monte Carlo modeling of the spin configurations. As pressure is applied, the previously-measured ambient-pr…
Second harmonic generation has been applied to study lattice, electronic and magnetic proprieties in atomically thin materials. However, inversion symmetry breaking is usually required for the materials to generate a large signal. In this work, we report a giant second-harmonic generation that arises below the Néel temperature in few-layer centrosymmetric FePS$_3$. Layer-dependent study indicates the detected signal is from the second-order nonlinearity of the surface. The magnetism-induced surface second-harmonic response is two orders of magnitude larger than those reported in other magnetic…
Magnetic layered materials have emerged recently as promising systems to introduce magnetism in structures based on two-dimensional (2D) materials and to investigate exotic magnetic ground states in the 2D limit. In this work, we apply high hydrostatic pressures up to P = 8.7 GPa to the bulk layered antiferromagnet FePS$_3$ to tune the collective lattice excitations (phonons) in resonance with magnetic excitations (magnons). Close to P = 4 GPa, the magnon-phonon resonance is achieved and the strong coupling between these collective modes leads to the formation of new quasi-particles, the magno…
Vortex-induced topological transition of the bilinear-biquadratic Heisenberg antiferromagnet on the triangular lattice
用蒙特卡罗模拟研究了双线性-双二次相互作用三角晶格上经典海森堡反铁磁体的有序化.结果表明，该模型表现出拓扑相变在一个有限的温度驱动的拓扑稳定的涡旋，而自旋相关长度保持有限，即使在和低于过渡点。根据双二次耦合的值，相关的涡流可以是三种不同的类型。对三角形反铁磁体NiGa $_2$ S $_4$最近的实验的影响进行了讨论。
Thermodynamic theory of square skyrmion lattice in tetragonal frustrated antiferromagnets
Center for Theoretical Physics of Complex Systems, Institute for Basic Science (IBS)（复杂系统理论物理中心，基础科学研究院）；National Research University “Higher School of Economics”（国立高等经济大学）；The Faculty of Physics of St. Petersburg State University（圣彼得堡国立大学物理系）
We investigated low-frequency current fluctuations, i.e. noise, in the quasi-two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals antiferromagnetic semiconductor FePS3 with the electronic bandgap of 1.5 eV. The electrical and noise characteristics of the p-type, highly resistive, thin films of FePS3 were measured at different temperatures. The noise spectral density was of the 1/f - type over most of the examined temperature range but revealed well-defined Lorentzian bulges, and increased strongly near the Neel temperature of 118 K (f is the frequency). Intriguingly, the noise spectral density attained its mini…
Electrical Probing of Sub-Néel Spin Dynamics in Two-Dimensional Antiferromagnets Using Graphene Heterostructures
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid（马德里自治大学）；Universidad de Sevilla（塞维利亚大学）；Instituto de Nanociencia y Materiales de Aragón (INMA), CSIC—Universidad de Zaragoza（阿拉贡纳米科学与材料研究所，西班牙国家研究委员会—萨拉戈萨大学）；Condensed Matter Physics Center (IFIMAC) and Instituto Universitario de Ciencia de Materiales “Nicolás Cabrera” (INC), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid（凝聚态物理中心及“尼古拉斯·卡布雷拉”材料科学大学研究所，马德里自治大学）
Giant spin Nernst effect in a two-dimensional antiferromagnet due to magnetoelastic coupling-induced gaps and interband transitions between magnon-like bands
Here, a magnetic model with an unprecedentedly large number of parameters was determined from first-principles calculations for transition-metal phosphorus trisulfides (TMPS$_3$'s), which reproduced the measured magnetic ground states of bulk TMPS$_3$'s. Our Monte Carlo simulations for the critical temperature, magnetic susceptibility, and specific heat of bulk and few-layer TMPS$_3$'s agree well with available experimental data and show that the antiferromagnetic order of FePS$_3$ and NiPS$_3$ persists down to monolayers. Remarkably, the orbital polarization, which was neglected in recent fir…
Magnetoelastic Transport-Path Reconstruction and Giant Magnetotransport Responses in a Two-Dimensional Antiferromagnet
Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Institute of Solid State Physics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences（中国科学院合肥物质科学研究院固体物理研究所材料物理重点实验室）；University of Science and Technology of China（中国科学技术大学）；School of Physics, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China（电子科技大学物理学院）；Anhui Key Laboratory of Low-Energy Quantum Materials and Devices, High Magnetic Field Laboratory, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences（中国科学院合肥物质科学研究院高磁场科学中心安徽省低能量子材料与器件重点实验室）；Collaborative Innovation Center of Microstructures, Nanjing University（南京大学微观结构协同创新中心）；Department of Physics and Astronomy & Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience, University of Nebraska（内布拉斯加大学物理与天文学系及内布拉斯加材料与纳米科学中心）；State Key Laboratory of Semiconductor Physics and Chip Technologies, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences（中国科学院半导体研究所半导体物理与芯片技术国家重点实验室）；Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences（中国科学院大学材料科学与光电工程学院）
