TY - JOUR
T1 - Chiral magnetic soliton lattice on a chiral helimagnet
AU - Togawa, Y.
AU - Koyama, T.
AU - Takayanagi, K.
AU - Mori, S.
AU - Kousaka, Y.
AU - Akimitsu, J.
AU - Nishihara, S.
AU - Inoue, K.
AU - Ovchinnikov, A. S.
AU - Kishine, J.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2012 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2012/3/5
Y1 - 2012/3/5
N2 - Using Lorenz microscopy and small-angle electron diffraction, we directly present that the chiral magnetic soliton lattice (CSL) continuously evolves from a chiral helimagnetic structure in small magnetic fields in Cr 1/3NbS 2. An incommensurate CSL undergoes a phase transition to a commensurate ferromagnetic state at the critical field strength. The period of a CSL, which exerts an effective potential for itinerant spins, is tuned by simply changing the field strength. Chiral magnetic orders observed do not exhibit any structural dislocation, indicating their high stability and robustness in Cr 1/3NbS 2.
AB - Using Lorenz microscopy and small-angle electron diffraction, we directly present that the chiral magnetic soliton lattice (CSL) continuously evolves from a chiral helimagnetic structure in small magnetic fields in Cr 1/3NbS 2. An incommensurate CSL undergoes a phase transition to a commensurate ferromagnetic state at the critical field strength. The period of a CSL, which exerts an effective potential for itinerant spins, is tuned by simply changing the field strength. Chiral magnetic orders observed do not exhibit any structural dislocation, indicating their high stability and robustness in Cr 1/3NbS 2.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.107202
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.107202
M3 - Article
C2 - 22463448
AN - SCOPUS:84857812101
VL - 108
JO - Physical Review Letters
JF - Physical Review Letters
SN - 0031-9007
IS - 10
M1 - 107202
ER -