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Transition between canted antiferromagnetic and spin-polarized ferromagnetic quantum Hall states in graphene on a ferrimagnetic insulator

  • Yang Li
  • , Mario Amado
  • , Timo Hyart
  • , Grzegorz P. Mazur
  • , Vetle Risinggård
  • , Thomas Wagner
  • , Lauren McKenzie-Sell
  • , Graham Kimbell
  • , Joerg Wunderlich
  • , Jacob Linder
  • , Jason W.A. Robinson
  • University of Cambridge
  • International Research Centre MagTop
  • Polish Academy of Sciences
  • Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
  • Hitachi Cambridge Laboratory
  • University of Regensburg
  • Czech Academy of Sciences

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Abstract

In the quantum Hall regime of graphene, antiferromagnetic and spin-polarized ferromagnetic states at the zeroth Landau level compete, leading to a canted antiferromagnetic state depending on the direction and magnitude of an applied magnetic field. Here, we investigate this transition at 2.7 K in graphene Hall bars that are proximity coupled to the ferrimagnetic insulator Y3Fe5O12. From nonlocal transport measurements, we demonstrate an induced magnetic exchange field in graphene, which lowers the magnetic field required to modulate the magnetic state in graphene. These results show that a magnetic proximity effect in graphene is an important ingredient for the development of two-dimensional materials in which it is desirable for ordered states of matter to be tunable with relatively small applied magnetic fields (>6 T).

Original languageEnglish
Article number241405
JournalPhysical Review B
Volume101
Issue number24
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Jun 2020
MoE publication typeA1 Journal article-refereed

Funding

The work was funded by the Royal Society and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC, Grant No. EP/P026311/1). Y.L. was supported by the China Scholarship Council (CSC) Cambridge International Scholarship. J.L. and V.R. received funding from the Outstanding Academic Fellows Program at the NTNU, the NV-Faculty, and the Research Council of Norway (Grants No. 216700 and No. 240806) and funding for the Centre of Excellence QuSpin (Grant No. 262633). T.H. and G.P.M. were supported by the Foundation for Polish Science through the IRA Programme cofinanced by EU within SG OP. G.P.M. was supported by the National Science Center (Poland) through ETIUDA fellowship (Grant No. UMO-2017/24/T/ST3/00501).

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