We report grazing incidence small angle neutron scattering (GISANS) and complementary off-specular neutron reflectometry (OSR) of the magnetic order in a single-crystalline epitaxial MnSi film on Si(111) in the thick film limit. Providing a means of direct reciprocal space mapping, GISANS and OSR reveal a magnetic modulation perpendicular to the films under magnetic fields parallel and perpendicular to the film, where additional polarized neutron reflectometry (PNR) and magnetization measurements are in excellent agreement with the literature. Regardless of field orientation, our data does not suggest the presence of more complex spin textures, notably the formation of skyrmions. This observation establishes a distinct difference with bulk samples of MnSi of similar thickness under perpendicular field, in which a skyrmion lattice dominates the phase diagram. Extended x-ray absorption fine structure measurements suggest that small shifts of the Si positions within the unstrained unit cell control the magnetic state, representing the main difference between the films and thin bulk samples.
Non-reciprocal spin excitations across the skyrmion-paramagnetic phase transition in MnSi
Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL)(朗之万研究所);Jülich Centre for Neutron Science (JCNS)(朱利希中子科学中心);Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität zu Köln(科隆大学理论物理研究所);Physik-Department, Technische Universität München (TUM)(慕尼黑工业大学物理系);Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)(卡尔斯鲁厄理工学院);Forschungsneutronenquelle Heinz-Maier-Leibnitz (MLZ)(海因茨·迈尔-莱布尼茨研究用中子源);Munich Center for Quantum Science and Technology (MCQST)(慕尼黑量子科学与技术中心);Zentrum für QuantumEngineering (ZQE)(量子工程中心)
Anisotropy of spin waves in the field-polarized phase of Fe-doped MnSi
Kirensky Institute of Physics, Federal Research Center, KSC, Siberian Branch Russian Academy of Sciences(基连斯基物理研究所);Siberian Federal University(西伯利亚联邦大学);Oak Ridge National Laboratory(橡树岭国家实验室);Technische Universität Braunschweig(布伦瑞克工业大学);University of Augsburg(奥格斯堡大学);Technische Universität Dresden(德累斯顿工业大学);Digital Materials LLC(数字材料有限责任公司)
Hidden structural transition in epitaxial Ca$_{0.5}$Sr$_{0.5}$IrO$_{3}$/SrTiO$_{3}$ thin film
在ABO $_{3}$钙钛矿薄膜中涉及BO $_{6}$八面体旋转模式的变化的结构转变可以隐藏在由衬底施加的全局晶格对称性下,并且经常容易被忽视。利用高分辨X射线衍射实验研究了在SrTiO $_{3}$(STO)和GdScO $_{3}$(GSO)衬底上外延生长的Ca $_{0.5}$ Sr $_{0.5}$ IrO $_{3}$(CSIO)钙钛矿铱酸盐薄膜的结构。虽然CSIO/STO膜层显示出由倒易空间映射证明的全局四斜晶格对称性,但同步加速器X射线数据表明其室温结构是单斜的,这是由于Glazer的IrO $_{6}$八面体的a $^{+}$ a $^{-}$ c $^{-}$型旋转。为了适应较低的对称性结构下的全球tetraxine对称性,膜断裂成四个孪晶域,导致分裂的(半整数,0,整数)超晶格反射。令人惊讶的是,这些超晶格反射的分裂随着温度的增加而减少,最终在T $_{S}$ = 510(5)K时消失,这表明结构转变为具有$^{+}$ a $^{-}$ c $^{0}$八面体旋转的正交相。相比之下,CSIO/GSO薄膜显示出稳定的单斜对称性,具有$^{+}$ b $^{-}$ c $^{-}$八面体旋转,显示出在高达520 K下没有由衬底引起的结构不稳定性。我们的研究说明了在决定外延薄膜的结构中,除了衬底的晶格失配之外,对称性的重要性。
Epitaxial stabilization of (111)-oriented frustrated quantum pyrochlore thin films
阻挫的稀土烧绿石钛酸盐Yb $_2$ Ti $_2$ O $_7$和Tb $_2$ Ti $_2$ O $_7$已被提出作为实现量子自旋冰(QSI)的有希望的候选物。在外加(111)取向的磁场作用下,QSI态将出现多种奇异的量子相,包括库仑铁磁体、量子价键固体和四极有序.在这里,我们报告的初步成功的超薄膜的受抑量子高温超导体,R $_2$ Ti $_2$ O $_7$(R = Er,Yb,和Tb),沿(111)方向的层层生长。我们确认其高结晶度和适当的化学组成的组合的方法,包括原位RHEED,X射线衍射,倒易空间映射,和X射线光电子能谱学。具有平面几何形状的大面积(111)取向QSI结构的可用性为探索准二维极限中的应变和磁场相关性质的大块平台提供了新的补充。
Perpendicularly magnetized YIG films with small Gilbert damping constant and anomalous spin transport properties
具有垂直磁各向异性(PMA)的Y3 Fe 5 O 12(YIG)薄膜在自旋电子学领域的应用近年来引起了人们的广泛关注。本文报道了在(Gd2.6Ca0.4)(Ga4.1Mg0.25Zr0.65)O 12(SGGG)衬底上外延生长的YIG薄膜在未经预处理的情况下产生的PMA。倒易空间映射表明,薄膜晶格匹配的衬底没有应变弛豫。通过铁磁共振和极化中子反射测量,我们发现这些YIG薄膜具有超低的Gilbert阻尼常数,在YIG/SGGG界面处的磁死层厚度约为0.3nm。此外,与Pt/YIG/Gd 3Ga 5 O 12(GGG)薄膜相比,Pt/YIG/SGGG薄膜的输运行为显示出自旋混合电导的增强和反常霍尔效应的非单调磁场依赖性.在150 ~ 350 K的温度范围内提取了非单调的反常霍尔信号,这可能是由于单轴应变在Pt/YIG界面上产生的非共线磁序引起的.