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Fe$_3$GeTe$_2$ is a prototypical metallic van der Waals ferromagnet with itinerant magnetism and a highly tunable Curie temperature, yet how electronic excitations couple to spin and lattice degrees of freedom across its magnetic transition…
The discovery of two-dimensional (2D) systems hosting intrinsic long-range magnetic order represents a seminal addition to the rich physical landscape of van der Waals (vdW) materials. CrI3 has emerged as perhaps the most salient example,…
Quasi-2D van der Waals ferromagnet Fe$_4$GeTe$_2$, featuring the simultaneous presence of high Curie temperature ($T_\mathrm{C}$ $\sim 270$ K) and a spin-reorientation transition at $T_\mathrm{SR}$ $\sim 110$ K, is a rare system where…
Fe3GeTe2 has emerged as one of the most fascinating van der Waals crystals due to its two-dimensional (2D) itinerant ferromagnetism, topological nodal lines and Kondo lattice behavior. However, lattice dynamics, chirality of phonons and…
In antiferromagnets, the interplay of spin frustration and spin-lattice coupling has been extensively studied as the source of complex spin patterns and exotic magnetism. Here, we demonstrate that, although neglected in the past, the…
Spin-phonon coupling originated from spin-lattice correlation depends upon different exchange interactions in transition metal oxides containing 3d magnetic ions. Spin-lattice coupling can influence the coupling mechanism in magnetoelectric…
While 3$d$-containing materials display strong electron correlations, narrow band widths, and robust magnetism, 5$d$ systems are recognized for strong spin-orbit coupling, increased hybridization, and more diffuse orbitals. Combining these…
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Two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals (vdW) magnets with spin-phonon coupling are crucial for next-generation spintronics. Among them, Fe3GaTe2 has attracted widespread attention due to above-room-temperature intrinsic ferromagnetism and large…
Understanding spin-lattice coupling represents a key challenge in modern condensed matter physics, with crucial importance and implications for ultrafast and 2D-magnetism. The efficiency of angular momentum and energy transfer between spins…
Spin-lattice coupling is crucial for understanding the spin transport and dynamics for spintronics and magnonics applications. Recently, cobalt titanate (CoTiO3), an easy-plane antiferromagnet, has been found to host axial phonons with a…
Understanding ultrafast magnetization dynamics on the microscopic level is of strong current interest due to the potential for applications in information storage. In recent years, the spin-lattice coupling has been recognized to be…
The vibrational properties of ferrimagnetic $\mathrm{Mn_3Si_{2}Te_6}$ single crystals are investigated using Raman spectroscopy and density functional theory calculations. Eighteen Raman-active modes are identified, fourteen of which are…
Two-dimensional (2D) Van der Waals compounds exhibit interesting electronic and magnetic properties due to complex intra-layer and inter-layer interactions, which are of immense importance in realizing exotic physics as well as advanced…
Magnetic order in van der Waals magnets can strongly influence their lattice dynamics, yet how this interaction manifests across different phonon length scales remains unclear. Optical phonons probe bond-scale exchange modulation and…
Strong interactions between different degrees of freedom lead to exotic phases of matter with complex order parameters and emergent collective excitations. Conventional techniques, such as scattering and transport, probe the amplitudes of…
The interplay between magnetic order and electronic topology in van der Waals materials enables extreme responses to external stimuli. The nodal-line semiconductor Mn3Si2Te6 exemplifies this, exhibiting colossal angular magnetoresistance…
We have investigated the coupling of lattice with spin via strain interactions in the CoFe2O4/PMN-PT composite system. X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopic studies illustrate a remarkable modification in CoFe2O4lattice across Curie…
Complex chalcogenides in the $M$PS$_3$ family of materials ($M$ = Mn, Fe, Co, and Ni) display remarkably different phase progressions depending upon the metal center orbital filling, character of the P-P linkage, and size of the van der…