Spin Seebeck effect at low temperatures in the nominally paramagnetic insulating state of vanadium dioxide

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The low temperature monoclinic, insulating phase of vanadium dioxide is ordinarily considered nonmagnetic, with dimerized vanadium atoms forming spin singlets, though paramagnetic response is seen at low temperatures. We find a nonlocal spin Seebeck signal in VO2 films that appears below 30 K and that increases with a decrease in temperature. The spin Seebeck response has a nonhysteretic dependence on the in-plane external magnetic field. This paramagnetic spin Seebeck response is discussed in terms of prior findings on paramagnetic spin Seebeck effects and expected magnetic excitations of the monoclinic ground state.

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Luo, Renjie, Zhao, Xuanhan, Chen, Liyang, et al.. "Spin Seebeck effect at low temperatures in the nominally paramagnetic insulating state of vanadium dioxide." Applied Physics Letters, 121, no. 10 (2022) AIP: https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0096313.

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