Establishing the fundamental magnetic interactions in the chiral Skyrmionic Mott insulator Cu2OSeO3 by terahertz electron spin resonance

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Contributors

  • M. Ozerov - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Author)
  • J. Romhányi - , Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden (Author)
  • M. Belesi - , Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden (Author)
  • H. Berger - , Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) (Author)
  • J. Ph Ansermet - , Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) (Author)
  • Jeroen Van Den Brink - , Chair of Solid State Theory, Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden (Author)
  • J. Wosnitza - , Chair of Physics of High Magnetic Fields, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Author)
  • S. A. Zvyagin - , Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (Author)
  • I. Rousochatzakis - , Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden (Author)

Abstract

The recent discovery of Skyrmions in Cu2OSeO3 has established a new platform to create and manipulate Skyrmionic spin textures. We use high-field electron spin resonance with a terahertz free-electron laser and pulsed magnetic fields up to 64 T to probe and quantify its microscopic spin-spin interactions. In addition to the previously observed long-wavelength Goldstone mode, this technique probes also the high-energy part of the excitation spectrum which is inaccessible by standard low-frequency electron spin resonance. Fitting the behavior of the observed modes in magnetic field to a theoretical framework establishes experimentally that the fundamental magnetic building blocks of this Skyrmionic magnet are rigid, highly entangled and weakly coupled tetrahedra.

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Original languageEnglish
Article number157205
JournalPhysical review letters
Volume113
Issue number15
Publication statusPublished - 7 Oct 2014
Peer-reviewedYes

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