Magnon Transport in Quasi-Two-Dimensional van der Waals Antiferromagnets

Abstract

The recent emergence of 2D van der Waals magnets down to atomic-layer thickness provides an exciting platform for exploring quantum magnetism and spintronics applications. The van der Waals nature stabilizes the long-range ferromagnetic order as a result of magnetic anisotropy. Furthermore, giant tunneling magnetoresistance and electrical control of magnetism have been reported. However, the potential of 2D van der Waals magnets for magnonics, magnon-based spintronics, has not been explored yet. Here, we report the experimental observation of long-distance magnon transport in quasi-two-dimensional van der Waals antiferromagnet MnPS_{3}, which demonstrates the 2D magnets as promising material candidates for magnonics. As the 2D MnPS_{3} thickness decreases, a shorter magnon diffusion length is observed, which could be attributed to the surface-impurity-induced magnon scattering. Our results could pave the way for exploring quantum magnonics phenomena and designing future magnonics devices based on 2D van der Waals magnets.