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Revealing intrinsic domains and fluctuations of moiré magnetism by a wide-field quantum microscope

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  • Mengqi Huang

    (University of California, San Diego
    Georgia Institute of Technology)

  • Zeliang Sun

    (University of Michigan)

  • Gerald Yan

    (University of California, San Diego)

  • Hongchao Xie

    (University of Michigan)

  • Nishkarsh Agarwal

    (University of Michigan)

  • Gaihua Ye

    (Texas Tech University)

  • Suk Hyun Sung

    (University of Michigan)

  • Hanyi Lu

    (University of California, San Diego)

  • Jingcheng Zhou

    (University of California, San Diego
    Georgia Institute of Technology)

  • Shaohua Yan

    (Renmin University of China)

  • Shangjie Tian

    (Renmin University of China
    Anhui University)

  • Hechang Lei

    (Renmin University of China)

  • Robert Hovden

    (University of Michigan)

  • Rui He

    (Texas Tech University)

  • Hailong Wang

    (Georgia Institute of Technology
    University of California, San Diego)

  • Liuyan Zhao

    (University of Michigan)

  • Chunhui Rita Du

    (University of California, San Diego
    Georgia Institute of Technology
    University of California, San Diego)

Abstract

Moiré magnetism featured by stacking engineered atomic registry and lattice interactions has recently emerged as an appealing quantum state of matter at the forefront of condensed matter physics research. Nanoscale imaging of moiré magnets is highly desirable and serves as a prerequisite to investigate a broad range of intriguing physics underlying the interplay between topology, electronic correlations, and unconventional nanomagnetism. Here we report spin defect-based wide-field imaging of magnetic domains and spin fluctuations in twisted double trilayer (tDT) chromium triiodide CrI3. We explicitly show that intrinsic moiré domains of opposite magnetizations appear over arrays of moiré supercells in low-twist-angle tDT CrI3. In contrast, spin fluctuations measured in tDT CrI3 manifest little spatial variations on the same mesoscopic length scale due to the dominant driving force of intralayer exchange interaction. Our results enrich the current understanding of exotic magnetic phases sustained by moiré magnetism and highlight the opportunities provided by quantum spin sensors in probing microscopic spin related phenomena on two-dimensional flatland.

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  • Mengqi Huang & Zeliang Sun & Gerald Yan & Hongchao Xie & Nishkarsh Agarwal & Gaihua Ye & Suk Hyun Sung & Hanyi Lu & Jingcheng Zhou & Shaohua Yan & Shangjie Tian & Hechang Lei & Robert Hovden & Rui He , 2023. "Revealing intrinsic domains and fluctuations of moiré magnetism by a wide-field quantum microscope," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-7, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:14:y:2023:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-023-40543-z
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-40543-z
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