Raman scattering study of two-dimensional magnetic van der Waals compound VI3

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/ab8215

Abstract The layered magnetic van der Waals materials have generated tremendous interest due to their potential applications and importance in fundamental research. Previous x-ray diffraction (XRD) studies on the magnetic van der Waals compound VI₃, revealed a structural transition above the magnetic transition but output controversial analysis on symmetry. In this paper we carried out polarized Raman scattering measurements on VI₃ from 10 K to 300 K, with focus on the two A_g phonon modes at ～ 71.1 cm^-1 and 128.4 cm^-1. Our careful symmetry analysis based on the angle-dependent spectra demonstrates that the crystal symmetry can be well described by C_2h rather than D_3d both above and below structural phase transition. We further performed temperature-dependent Raman experiments to study the magnetism in VI₃. Fano asymmetry and anomalous linewidth drop of two A_g phonon modes at low temperatures, point to a significant spin-phonon coupling. This is also supported by the softening of 71.1-cm^-1 mode above the magnetic transition. The study provides the fundamental information on lattice dynamics and clarifies the symmetry in VI₃. And spin-phonon coupling existing in a wide temperature range revealed here may be meaningful in applications.

Keywords: Raman scattering two-dimensional magnetic van der Waals materials lattice dynamics magnetism

Received: 08 February 2020
Revised: 09 March 2020
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PACS:	63.20.-e	(Phonons in crystal lattices)
	63.22.-m	(Phonons or vibrational states in low-dimensional structures and nanoscale materials)
	75.75.-c	(Magnetic properties of nanostructures)
	78.30.-j	(Infrared and Raman spectra)

Fund: Project supported by the Science Fund from the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (Grant Nos. 2017YFA0302904 and 2016YFA0300504), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11774419, U1932215, 11774423, and 11822412), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, China, and the Research Funds of Renmin University of China (RUC) (Grant Nos. 15XNLQ07, 18XNLG14, and 19XNLG17).

Corresponding Authors: Qing-Ming Zhang
E-mail: qmzhang@ruc.edu.cn

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Yi-Meng Wang(王艺朦), Shang-Jie Tian(田尚杰), Cheng-He Li(李承贺), Feng Jin(金峰), Jian-Ting Ji(籍建葶), He-Chang Lei(雷和畅), Qing-Ming Zhang(张清明) Raman scattering study of two-dimensional magnetic van der Waals compound VI₃ 2020 Chin. Phys. B 29 056301

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