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Magnetic structure

About: Magnetic structure is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 10787 publications have been published within this topic receiving 207143 citations.


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TL;DR: The skyrmion phase was stable over a wide range of temperatures and magnetic fields in the thin samples, and the lattice constant was estimated to be 18 nm, almost identical to the helical period.
Abstract: Observing and characterizing the spin distributions on a nanometer scale are of vital importance for understanding nanomagnetism and its application to spintronics. The magnetic structure in MnSi thin samples prepared from a bulk, which undergoes a transition from a helix to a skyrmion lattice, was investigated by in situ observation using Lorentz microscopy. Stripe domains were observed at zero applied field below 22.5 K. A skyrmion lattice with 6-fold symmetry in real space appeared when a field of 0.18 T was applied normal to the film plane. The lattice constant was estimated to be 18 nm, almost identical to the helical period. In comparison with the marginally stable skyrmion phase in a bulk sample, the skyrmion phase was stable over a wide range of temperatures and magnetic fields in the thin samples.

281 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the magnetization distributions in a series of ternary intermetallic compounds based on the composition Co2 YZ where Y is Ti, Mn or Fe and Z a subgroup-B element have been determined from polarized neutron diffraction measurements.
Abstract: The magnetization distributions in a series of ternary intermetallic compounds based on the composition Co2 YZ where Y is Ti, Mn or Fe and Z a subgroup-B element have been determined from polarized neutron diffraction measurements. Comparison of the magnetic structure factors with model calculations shows that the magnetization is associated principally with those atoms which in their elemental state are themselves magnetic. The observed deviations of the magnetic moment distributions from spherical symmetry have been used to deduce which of the 3d sub-bands are active at the Fermi energy. A small moment close to the limits of resolution is observed at some of the Z sites, together with a small delocalized moment which in most cases is negative. The results have been compared with the predictions of band models, which indicate that the Fermi level falls in a broad minimum in the minority-spin density of d states. Although the identity of the bands active at the Fermi surface is in broad agreement with predictions of band-structure calculations (Ishida S, Akazawa S, Kubo Y and Ishida J 1982 J. Phys. F: Met. Phys. 12 1111), the results suggest that there is a finite density of states in the minority-spin d band of manganese. Hence the compounds cannot be classified as half-metallic ferromagnets.

280 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, it was shown that antisymmetric exchange interactions D ij ·(S i × S j ) occur near magnetic surfaces due to surface symmetry breaking, and the direction of these interactions was determined for several simple surfaces.

278 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, a comparison of the results between particle dispersions with different concentrations in polyvinylic alcohol and phosphate-coated particles provides evidence for the interplay between surface anisotropy, intraparticle exchange coupling between surface and core, and interparticle interactions.

277 citations

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TL;DR: Optical second harmonic spectroscopy is introduced as a powerful supplement for the determination of complex magnetic structures and some earlier conclusions on their magnetic symmetry and properties should be revised.
Abstract: Optical second harmonic spectroscopy is introduced as a powerful supplement for the determination of complex magnetic structures. Experimental efforts are simplified and new degrees of freedom are opened. Thereby, some principal or technical restrictions of neutron or magnetic x-ray diffraction experiments are overcome. High spatial resolution leads to additional information about magnetically ordered matter. As an example, the noncollinear magnetic structure of the hexagonal manganites $R{\mathrm{MnO}}_{3}$ ( $R\phantom{\rule{0ex}{0ex}}=\phantom{\rule{0ex}{0ex}}\mathrm{Sc}$, Y, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu) is analyzed. The results show that some earlier conclusions on their magnetic symmetry and properties should be revised.

276 citations


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No. of papers in the topic in previous years
YearPapers
202353
202296
2021187
2020224
2019247
2018229