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arXiv 2012.01729cond-mat.mtrl-sci
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变温软X射线吸收谱研究Mn在W(110)上的自旋螺旋态

Spin-spiral state of a Mn monolayer on W(110) studied by soft x-ray absorption spectroscopy at variable temperatures

J. Honolka, S. Krotzky, M. Menzel, T. Herden, V. Sessi, H. Ebert, J. Minar, K. von Bergmann, R. Wiesendanger, O. Sipr

摘要:

用软X射线吸收谱研究了钨(110)晶体表面外延Mn单层膜的非共线磁态,以补充早期的自旋极化STM实验。在8 ~ 300 K温度范围内测量了Mn的X射线吸收谱(XAS)、X射线线性二色性(XLD)和X射线磁性圆二色性(XMCD),并与完全相对论从头计算的结果进行了比较.我们发现,反铁磁(AFM)螺旋和摆线螺旋引起显着不同的锰L23边缘XLD信号,从而使它们之间的区分。结果表明,W(110)表面Mn单层膜的磁性基态是一种旋旋量为摆线的AFM自旋螺旋。基于随温度变化的XAS、XLD和场致XMCD谱,我们推断W(110)上Mn单层的磁性随温度变化,但这种变化在高达300 K的研究温度范围内缺乏相变的明确指示-尽管XAS分支比和XLD分布的温度依赖性在170 K附近存在交叉。

英文摘要:

The noncollinear magnetic state of epitaxial Mn monolayers on tungsten (110) crystal surfaces is investigated by means of soft x-ray absorption spectroscopy, to complement earlier spin-polarized STM experiments. X-ray absorption spectra (XAS), x-ray linear dichroism (XLD) and x-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) Mn L23-edge spectra were measured in the temperature range from 8 to 300 K and compared to results of fully-relativistic ab initio calculations. We show that antiferromagnetic (AFM) helical and cycloidal spirals give rise to significantly different Mn L23-edge XLD signals, enabling thus to distinguish between them. It follows from our results that the magnetic ground state of a Mn monolayer on W(110) is an AFM cycloidal spin spiral. Based on temperature-dependent XAS, XLD and field-induced XMCD spectra we deduce that magnetic properties of the Mn monolayer on W(110) vary with temperature, but this variation lacks a clear indication of a phase transition in the investigated temperature range up to 300 K - even though a crossover exists around 170 K in the temperature dependence of XAS branching ratios and in XLD profiles.

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