Thermodynamic evidence of a second skyrmion lattice phase and tilted conical phase in Cu2OSeO3

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Beitragende

  • M. Halder - , Technische Universität München (Autor:in)
  • A. Chacon - , Technische Universität München (Autor:in)
  • A. Bauer - , Technische Universität München (Autor:in)
  • W. Simeth - , Technische Universität München (Autor:in)
  • S. Mühlbauer - , Technische Universität München (Autor:in)
  • H. Berger - , École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Autor:in)
  • L. Heinen - , Universität zu Köln (Autor:in)
  • M. Garst - , Professur für Theoretische Festkörperphysik (Autor:in)
  • A. Rosch - , Universität zu Köln (Autor:in)
  • C. Pfleiderer - , Technische Universität München (Autor:in)

Abstract

Precision measurements of the magnetization and ac susceptibility of Cu2OSeO3 are reported for magnetic fields along different crystallographic directions, focusing on the border between the conical and the field-polarized state for a magnetic field along the (100) axis, complemented by selected specific heat data. Clear signatures of the emergence of a second skyrmion phase and a tilted conical phase are observed, as recently identified by means of small angle neutron scattering. The low-temperature skyrmion phase displays strongly hysteretic phase boundaries, but no dissipative effects. In contrast, the tilted conical phase is accompanied by strong dissipation and higher-harmonic contributions, while the transition fields are essentially nonhysteretic. The formation of the second skyrmion phase and tilted conical phase are found to be insensitive to a vanishing demagnetization factor. A quantitative estimate of the temperature dependence of the magnetocrystalline anisotropy may be consistently inferred from the magnetization and the upper critical field and agrees well with a stabilization of the low-temperature skyrmion phase and tilted conical state by conventional cubic magnetic anisotropies.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummer144429
FachzeitschriftPhysical Review B
Jahrgang94
Ausgabenummer14
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 19 Okt. 2018
Peer-Review-StatusJa