Comparative Electronic Structures of the Chiral Helimagnets Cr1/3NbS2 and Cr1/3TaS2

Abstract

Magnetic materials with noncollinear spin textures are promising for spintronic applications. To realize practical devices, control over the length and energy scales of such spin textures is imperative. The chiral helimagnets Cr1/3NbS2 and Cr1/3TaS2 exhibit analogous magnetic phase diagrams with different real-space periodicities and field dependence, positioning them as model systems for studying the relative strengths of the microscopic mechanisms giving rise to exotic spin textures. Here, we carry out a comparative study of the electronic structures of Cr1/3NbS2 and Cr1/3TaS2 using angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy and density functional theory. We show that bands in Cr1/3TaS2 are more dispersive than their counterparts in Cr1/3NbS2 and connect this result to bonding and orbital overlap in these materials. We also unambiguously distinguish exchange splitting from surface termination effects by studying the dependence of their photoemission spectra on polarization, temperature, and beam size. We find strong evidence that hybridization between intercalant and host lattice electronic states mediates the magnetic exchange interactions in these materials, suggesting that band engineering is a route toward tuning their spin textures. Overall, these results underscore how the modular nature of intercalated transition metal dichalcogenides translates variation in composition and electronic structure to complex magnetism.

46 pages, 18 figures, 5 tables

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