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Visualization of moir\'e magnons in monolayer ferromagnet

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2023-04-27 v2 Materials Science Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

Two-dimensional magnetic materials provide an ideal platform to explore collective many-body excitations associated with spin fluctuations. In particular, it should be feasible to explore, manipulate and ultimately design magnonic excitations in two-dimensional van der Waals magnets in a controllable way. Here we demonstrate the emergence of moir\'e magnon excitations, stemming from the interplay of spin-excitations in monolayer CrBr3_3 and the moir\'e pattern stemming from the lattice mismatch with the underlying substrate. The existence of moir\'e magnons is further confirmed via inelastic quasiparticle interference, showing the appearance of a dispersion pattern correlated with the moir\'e length scale. Our results provide a direct visualization in real-space of the dispersion of moir\'e magnons, demonstrating the versatility of moir\'e patterns in creating emerging many-body excitations.

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@article{arxiv.2208.10991,
  title  = {Visualization of moir\'e magnons in monolayer ferromagnet},
  author = {Somesh Chandra Ganguli and Markus Aapro and Shawulienu Kezilebieke and Mohammad Amini and Jose L. Lado and Peter Liljeroth},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2208.10991},
  year   = {2023}
}
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