Department
Physics
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2019
Abstract
By employing magnetization and small angle neutron scattering measurements, we have investigated the behavior of the skyrmion lattice (SKL) and the helical order in MnS i 0 . 992 G a 0 . 008 Our results indicate that the order of the SKL is sensitive to the orientation of an applied magnetic field with respect to the crystal lattice and to variations in the sequence of small temperature and applied magnetic field changes. The disorder caused by the substitution of the heavier element Ga for Si is sufficient to reduce the pinning of the SKL to the underlying crystalline lattice, reducing the propensity for the SKL to be aligned with the crystal lattice. This tendency is most evident when the applied field is not well oriented with respect to the high symmetry axes of the crystal resulting in disorder in the long range SKL while maintaining sharp short range (radial) order. We have also investigated the effect of substituting heavier elements into MnSi on the reorientation process of the helical domains with field cycling in MnS i 0 . 992 G a 0 . 008 and M n 0 . 985 I r 0 . 015 Si A comparison of the reorientation process in these materials with field reduction indicates that the substitution of heavier elements on either Mn or Si sites creates a higher energy barrier for the reorientation of the helical order and for the formation of domains.
Journal Title
Physical Review B
Journal ISSN
2469-9950,2469-9969
Volume
99
Issue
2
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
10.1103/PhysRevB.99.024428
Comments
Published by the American Physical Society. This is the Author's Accepted Manuscript, follow the DOI for final published article.