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Phase Diagram of the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya Helimagnet Ba2CuGe2O7 in Canted Magnetic Fields
The evolution of different magnetic structures of non-centrosymmetric
Ba2CuGe2O7 is systematically studied as function of the orientation of the
magnetic field H. Neutron diffraction in combination with measurements of
magnetization and specific heat show a virtually identical behaviour of the
phase diagram of Ba2CuGe2O7 for H confined in both the (1,0,0) and (1,1,0)
plane. The existence of a recently proposed incommensurate double-k AF-cone
phase is confirmed in a narrow range for H close to the tetragonal c-axis. For
large angles enclosed by H and the c-axis a complexely distorted non-sinusoidal
magnetic structure has recently been observed. We show that its critical field
Hc systematically increases for larger canting. Measurements of magnetic
susceptibility and specific heat finally indicate the existence of an
incommensurate/commensurate transition for H /sim 9 T applied in the basal
(a,b)-plane and agree with a non-planar, distorted cycloidal magnetic
structure.Comment: 14 pages, 13 figure
Universal behavior of the IMS domain formation in superconducting niobium
In the intermediate mixed state (IMS) of type-II/1 superconductors, vortex
lattice (VL) and Meissner state domains coexist due to a partially attractive
vortex interaction. Using a neutron-based multiscale approach combined with
magnetization measurements, we study the continuous decomposition of a
homogeneous VL into increasingly dense domains in the IMS in bulk niobium
samples of varying purity. We find a universal temperature dependence of the
vortex spacing, closely related to the London penetration depth and independent
of the external magnetic field. The rearrangement of vortices occurs even in
the presence of a flux freezing transition, i.e. pronounced pinning, indicating
a breakdown of pinning at the onset of the vortex attraction
Double-k phase of the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya helimagnet Ba2CuGe2O7
Neutron diffraction is used to re-investigate the magnetic phase diagram of
the noncentrosymmetric tetragonal antiferromagnet Ba2CuGe2O7. A novel
incommensurate double-k magnetic phase is detected near the
commensurate-incommensurate phase transition. This phase is stable only for
magnetic field closely aligned with the 4-fold symmetry axis. The results
emphasize the inadequacy of existing theoretical models for this unique
material, and points to additional terms in the Hamiltonian or lattice effects.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figure
Symmetric and asymmetric excitations of a strong-leg quantum spin ladder
The zero-field excitation spectrum of the strong-leg spin ladder
(CHN)CuBr (DIMPY) is studied with a neutron time-of-flight
technique. The spectrum is decomposed into its symmetric and asymmetric parts
with respect to the rung momentum and compared with theoretical results
obtained by the density matrix renormalization group method. Additionally, the
calculated dynamical correlations are shown for a wide range of rung and leg
coupling ratios in order to point out the evolution of arising excitations, as
e.g. of the two-magnon bound state from the strong to the weak coupling limit
ESR study of the spin ladder with uniform Dzyaloshinskii-Moria interaction
Evolution of the ESR absorption in a strong-leg spin ladder magnet
(CHN)CuBr (abbreviated as DIMPY) is studied from 300K to
400mK. Temperature dependence of the ESR relaxation follows a staircase of
crossovers between different relaxation regimes. We ague that the main
mechanism of ESR line broadening in DIMPY is uniform Dzyaloshinskii-Moria
interaction (K) with an effective longitudinal component along
an exchange bond of Cu ions within the legs resulting from the low crystal
symmetry of DIMPY and nontrivial orbital ordering. The same
Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction results in the lifting of the triplet
excitation degeneracy, revealed through the weak splitting of the ESR
absorption at low temperatures.Comment: 13 pages, submitted to PRB, Fig.3 update
Long-range crystalline nature of the skyrmion lattice in MnSi
We report small angle neutron scattering of the skyrmion lattice in MnSi
using an experimental set-up that minimizes the effects of demagnetizing fields
and double scattering. Under these conditions the skyrmion lattice displays
resolution-limited Gaussian rocking scans that correspond to a magnetic
correlation length in excess of several hundred {\mu}m. This is consistent with
exceptionally well-defined long-range order. We further establish the existence
of higher-order scattering, discriminating parasitic double-scattering with
Renninger scans. The field and temperature dependence of the higher-order
scattering arises from an interference effect. It is characteristic for the
long-range crystalline nature of the skyrmion lattice as shown by simple mean
field calculations.Comment: 4 page
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