Conical spin-spiral state in an ultrathin film driven by higher-order spin interactions

Link:
Autor/in:
Erscheinungsjahr:
2012
Medientyp:
Text
Schlagworte:
  • Magnets
  • Domain walls
  • Magnetic skyrmions
  • Magnetic Anisotropy
  • Magnetization
  • Magnetism
  • Magnets
  • Domain walls
  • Magnetic skyrmions
  • Magnetic Anisotropy
  • Magnetization
  • Magnetism
Beschreibung:
  • We report a transverse conical spin spiral as the magnetic ground state of a double-layer Mn on a W(110) surface. Using spin-polarized scanning tunneling microscopy, we find a long-range modulation along the {[}001] direction with a periodicity of 2.4 nm coexisting with a local row-wise antiferromagnetic contrast. First-principles calculations reveal a transverse conical spin-spiral ground state of this system which explains the observed magnetic contrast. The canting of the spins is induced by higher-order exchange interactions, while the spiraling along the {[}001] direction is due to frustrated Heisenberg exchange and Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction.
Lizenz:
  • info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
Quellsystem:
Forschungsinformationssystem der UHH

Interne Metadaten
Quelldatensatz
oai:www.edit.fis.uni-hamburg.de:publications/3daeb8df-6581-4e12-ab87-83469670d319