Field-induced metastability of the modulation wave vector in a magnetic soliton lattice

被引：4

作者：

Zhu, M. ^{[1
]}

Peng, J. ^{[2
]}

Hong, T. ^{[3
]}

Prokes, K. ^{[4
]}

Zou, T. ^{[1
]}

Mao, Z. Q. ^{[5
]}

Ke, X. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Michigan State Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, E Lansing, MI 48824 USA

[2] Nanjing Univ, Sch Phys, Lab Solid State Microstruct, Collaborat Innovat Ctr Adv Microstruct, Nanjing 210093, Jiangsu, Peoples R China

[3] Oak Ridge Natl Lab, Quantum Condensed Matter Div, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 USA

[4] Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin Mat & Energie, Hahn Meitner Pl 1, D-14109 Berlin, Germany

[5] Tulane Univ, Dept Phys & Engn Phys, New Orleans, LA 70118 USA

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 2017年 / 95卷 / 13期

基金：

中国国家自然科学基金; 美国国家科学基金会;

关键词：

SPIN-DENSITY-WAVE; PHASE-TRANSITION; METAL; INSULATOR;

D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevB.95.134429

中图分类号：

T [工业技术];

学科分类号：

08 ;

摘要：

We present magnetic-field-induced metastability of the magnetic soliton lattice in a bilayer ruthenate Ca-3(Ru1-xFex)(2)O-7(x = 0.05) through single-crystal neutron diffraction study. We show that the incommensurability of the modulation wave vector at zero field strongly depends on the history of magnetic field at low temperature, and that the equilibrium ground state can be achieved by warming above a characteristic temperature Tg similar to 37 K. We suggest that such metastability might be associated with the domain wall pinning by the magnetic Fe dopants.

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页数：5

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