Long-distance magnon transport in the van der Waals antiferromagnet <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:msub><mml:mi>CrPS</mml:mi><mml:mn>4</mml:mn></mml:msub></mml:math>
Dennis K. de Wal, Arnaud Iwens, Tian Liu, Ping Tang, G. Bauer, B. J. van Wees
Abstract
We demonstrate the potential of van der Waals magnets for spintronic applications by reporting long-distance magnon spin transport in the electrically insulating antiferromagnet chromium thiophosphate ($\mathrm{Cr}\mathrm{P}{\mathrm{S}}_{4}$) with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy. We inject and detect magnon spins nonlocally by Pt contacts and monitor the nonlocal resistance as a function of an in-plane magnetic field up to 7 T. We observe a nonlocal resistance over distances up to at least a micron below the N\'eel temperature (${T}_{\mathrm{N}}=38$ K) close to magnetic field strengths that saturate the sublattice magnetizations.
Topics & Concepts
van der Waals forceAntiferromagnetismMagnonPhysicsCondensed matter physicsQuantum mechanicsFerromagnetismMolecule2D Materials and ApplicationsHeusler alloys: electronic and magnetic propertiesOrganic and Molecular Conductors Research