TY - JOUR
T1 - Discrete Change in Magnetization by Chiral Soliton Lattice Formation in the Chiral Magnet Cr1/3NbS2
AU - Tsuruta, Kazuki
AU - Mito, Masaki
AU - Kousaka, Yusuke
AU - Akimitsu, Jun
AU - Kishine, Jun Ichiro
AU - Togawa, Yoshihiko
AU - Ohsumi, Hiroyuki
AU - Inoue, Katsuya
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 The Physical Society of Japan.
PY - 2016/1/15
Y1 - 2016/1/15
N2 - In the chiral magnet Cr1/3NbS2, discrete changes in the magnetization (M) caused by the formation of a chiral soliton lattice (CSL) were observed in magnetization curve measurements using a single crystal of submillimeter thickness. When M is measured with a minimal increment of the magnetic field H, 0.15 Oe, discrete changes in M are observed in the H region that exhibits definite magnetic hysteresis. In particular, enormous discrete changes in M are observed as H decreases from the field above the saturation field, while fine M steps are also found in the intermediate H range independently of the sweeping direction of the field. The former is considered as a type of enormous Barkhausen effect associated with the CSL formation. The latter originates from the change in soliton number during the CSL formation.
AB - In the chiral magnet Cr1/3NbS2, discrete changes in the magnetization (M) caused by the formation of a chiral soliton lattice (CSL) were observed in magnetization curve measurements using a single crystal of submillimeter thickness. When M is measured with a minimal increment of the magnetic field H, 0.15 Oe, discrete changes in M are observed in the H region that exhibits definite magnetic hysteresis. In particular, enormous discrete changes in M are observed as H decreases from the field above the saturation field, while fine M steps are also found in the intermediate H range independently of the sweeping direction of the field. The former is considered as a type of enormous Barkhausen effect associated with the CSL formation. The latter originates from the change in soliton number during the CSL formation.
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U2 - 10.7566/JPSJ.85.013707
DO - 10.7566/JPSJ.85.013707
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84956950339
VL - 85
JO - Journal of the Physical Society of Japan
JF - Journal of the Physical Society of Japan
SN - 0031-9015
IS - 1
M1 - 013707
ER -