Direct experimental determination of spiral spin structures via the dichroism extinction effect in resonant elastic soft x-ray scattering

被引：33

作者：

Zhang, S. L. ^{[1
]}

van der Laan, G. ^{[2
]}

Hesjedal, T. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Oxford, Dept Phys, Clarendon Lab, Parks Rd, Oxford OX1 3PU, England

[2] Diamond Light Source, Magnet Spect Grp, Didcot OX11 0DE, Oxon, England

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 2017年 / 96卷 / 09期

基金：

英国工程与自然科学研究理事会;

关键词：

REAL-SPACE OBSERVATION; MAGNETIC SKYRMIONS; POLARIZATION DEPENDENCE; EXCHANGE SCATTERING; LATTICE; NANOSTRUCTURES; DYNAMICS; HOLMIUM; MOTION; FILMS;

D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevB.96.094401

中图分类号：

T [工业技术];

学科分类号：

08 ;

摘要：

Long-wavelength spin spiral structures are ubiquitous in a large variety of magnetic materials. The detailed magnetic structure can take many variations owing to their different physical origins. Therefore, the unambiguous structural determination is crucial for understanding these spin systems, though such a task is experimentally challenging. Here, we show that ordered spin spiral structures can be fully determined in a single measurement by dichroic resonant elastic x-ray scattering using circularly polarized light. It is found that at certain geometrical conditions, the circular dichroism of the diffraction vanishes completely, revealing a one-to-one correspondence with the spin structure. We demonstrate both theoretically and experimentally this experimental principle, which allows for unambiguous structure determination immediately from the measured signal, whereby no modeling-based data refinement is needed. This largely expands the capabilities of conventional magnetic characterization techniques.

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