Tailoring Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interaction in a transition metal dichalcogenide by dual-intercalation

Guolin Zheng, Maoyuan Wang, Xiangde Zhu, Cheng Tan, Jie Wang, Sultan Albarakati, Nuriyah Aloufi, Meri Algarni, Lawrence Farrar, Min Wu, Yugui Yao, Mingliang Tian (), Jianhui Zhou () and Lan Wang ()
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Guolin Zheng: School of Science, RMIT University
Maoyuan Wang: Beijing Institute of Technology
Xiangde Zhu: Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
Cheng Tan: School of Science, RMIT University
Jie Wang: Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
Sultan Albarakati: School of Science, RMIT University
Nuriyah Aloufi: School of Science, RMIT University
Meri Algarni: School of Science, RMIT University
Lawrence Farrar: School of Science, RMIT University
Min Wu: Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
Yugui Yao: Beijing Institute of Technology
Mingliang Tian: Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
Jianhui Zhou: Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
Lan Wang: School of Science, RMIT University

Nature Communications, 2021, vol. 12, issue 1, 1-7

Abstract: Abstract Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interaction (DMI) is vital to form various chiral spin textures, novel behaviors of magnons and permits their potential applications in energy-efficient spintronic devices. Here, we realize a sizable bulk DMI in a transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) 2H-TaS2 by intercalating Fe atoms, which form the chiral supercells with broken spatial inversion symmetry and also act as the source of magnetic orderings. Using a newly developed protonic gate technology, gate-controlled protons intercalation could further change the carrier density and intensely tune DMI via the Ruderman–Kittel–Kasuya–Yosida mechanism. The resultant giant topological Hall resistivity $${\rho }_{{xy}}^{T}$$ ρ x y T of $$1.41{\mathrm{\mu}} \Omega \cdot {{\mathrm{cm}}}$$ 1.41 μ Ω ⋅ cm at $${V}_{g}=-5.2{\mathrm{V}}$$ V g = − 5.2 V (about $$424 \%$$ 424 % larger than the zero-bias value) is larger than most known chiral magnets. Theoretical analysis indicates that such a large topological Hall effect originates from the two-dimensional Bloch-type chiral spin textures stabilized by DMI, while the large anomalous Hall effect comes from the gapped Dirac nodal lines by spin–orbit interaction. Dual-intercalation in 2H-TaS2 provides a model system to reveal the nature of DMI in the large family of TMDs and a promising way of gate tuning of DMI, which further enables an electrical control of the chiral spin textures and related electromagnetic phenomena.

Date: 2021
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