Photo-magnetization in two-dimensional sliding ferroelectrics
Photo-magnetization in two-dimensional sliding ferroelectrics
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二维滑动铁电体中的光磁化
DOI：
10.1038/s41699-022-00297-6
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发表时间：
2022-01
影响因子：
9.7
通讯作者：
Jian Zhou
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作者：
Jian Zhou
AbstractLight–matter interaction is one of the key routes to understanding and manipulating geometric and electronic behaviors of materials, especially two-dimensional materials which are optically accessible owing to their high surface to volume ratio. In the current work, we focus on the recently discovered two-dimensional sliding ferroelectric materials, in which the out-of-plane electric polarization can be switched with a small horizontal translation in one layer. Combining symmetry analysis and first-principles calculations, we predict that light illumination could inject non-equilibrium magnetic moments into the sliding ferroelectrics. Such magnetic moment is composed of both spin and orbital degrees of freedom contributions. We use ZrI2, WTe2, and MoS2 bilayer ferroelectrics to illustrate our theory. Under intermediate light illumination, one can yield non-equilibrium magnetic moments on the order of 0.1–1 μB in these systems, which also depends on the polarization nature of incident light. Furthermore, we show that such photo-injected magnetism changes its sign when the sliding dipole moment switches. This photo-magnetization can be detected by magneto-optical methods (such as Kerr or Faraday effect), which serves as an indicator of sliding ferroelectricity. Hence, one can use an all-optical pump and probe setup to measure and detect the subtle sliding ferroelectric phase.
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影响因子：
9.9
作者：
Haowei Xu;Jian Zhou;Yifei Li;R. Jaramillo;Ju Li
通讯作者：
Haowei Xu;Jian Zhou;Yifei Li;R. Jaramillo;Ju Li
影响因子：
3.7
作者：
NEUGEBAUER, J;SCHEFFLER, M
通讯作者：
SCHEFFLER, M
影响因子：
3.7
作者：
Kresse, G;Furthmuller, J
通讯作者：
Furthmuller, J
影响因子：
2.1
作者：
EDELSTEIN, VM
通讯作者：
EDELSTEIN, VM
影响因子：
8.6
作者：
Fei, Ruixiang;Kang, Wei;Yang, Li
通讯作者：
Yang, Li