DOI: 10.7567/jjap.55.033001. Magnetic anisotropy of the single-crystalline ferromagnetic insulator Cr2Ge2Te6

Magnetic anisotropy of the single-crystalline ferromagnetic insulator Cr2Ge2Te6

10.7567/jjap.55.033001

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Abstract

Abstract Cr2Ge2Te6 (CGT), a layered ferromagnetic insulator, has attracted a great deal of interest recently owing to its potential for integration with Dirac materials to realize the quantum anomalous Hall effect (QAHE) and to develop novel spintronics devices. Here, we study the uniaxial magnetic anisotropy energy of single-crystalline CGT and determine that the magnetic easy axis is directed along the c-axis in its ferromagnetic phase. In addition, CGT is an insulator below the Curie temperature. These properties make CGT a potentially promising candidate substrate for integration with topological insulators for the realization of the high-temperature QAHE.

Bibliography

Zhang, X., Zhao, Y., Song, Q., Jia, S., Shi, J., & Han, W. (2016). Magnetic anisotropy of the single-crystalline ferromagnetic insulator Cr2Ge2Te6. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 55(3), 033001.

Authors 6

Xiao Zhang (first)
Yuelei Zhao (additional)
Qi Song (additional)
Shuang Jia (additional)
Jing Shi (additional)
Wei Han (additional)

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Type	When
Created	9 years, 6 months ago (Feb. 1, 2016, 5:13 a.m.)
Deposited	2 years, 6 months ago (Feb. 1, 2023, 5:54 p.m.)
Indexed	3 weeks, 3 days ago (Aug. 6, 2025, 9:51 a.m.)
Issued	9 years, 6 months ago (Feb. 1, 2016)
Published	9 years, 6 months ago (Feb. 1, 2016)
Published Online	9 years, 6 months ago (Feb. 1, 2016)
Published Print	9 years, 5 months ago (March 1, 2016)

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BibTeX

@article{Zhang_2016, title={Magnetic anisotropy of the single-crystalline ferromagnetic insulator Cr2Ge2Te6}, volume={55}, ISSN={1347-4065}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.7567/jjap.55.033001}, DOI={10.7567/jjap.55.033001}, number={3}, journal={Japanese Journal of Applied Physics}, publisher={IOP Publishing}, author={Zhang, Xiao and Zhao, Yuelei and Song, Qi and Jia, Shuang and Shi, Jing and Han, Wei}, year={2016}, month=feb, pages={033001} }

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