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Dávid Hovančík1, Jiří Pospíšil1, Karel Carva1
1Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Ke Karlovu 5, 121 16Prague 2, Czech Republic.
Abstract:
The existence of the V3+-ion orbital moment is an open issue of the nature of magnetism in the van der Waals ferromagnet VI3. The huge magnetocrystalline anisotropy in conjunction with the significantly reduced ordered magnetic moment compared to the spin-only value provides strong but indirect evidence of a large V orbital moment. We used the unique capability of X-ray magnetic circular dichroism to determine the orbital component of the total magnetic moment and provide a direct proof of an exceptionally sizable orbital moment of the V3+ ion in VI3. Our ligand field multiplet simulations of the XMCD spectra in synergy with the results of DFT calculations agree with the existence of two V sites with different orbital occupations and OM magnitudes in the ground state.
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