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Robust noncoplanar magnetism in band filling-tuned (Nd$_{1-x}$Ca$_x$)$_2$Mo$_2$O$_7$

Materials Science 2021-08-04 v1 Strongly Correlated Electrons

Abstract

In the metallic pyrochlore Nd2_2Mo2_2O7_7, the conducting Molybdenum sublattice adopts canted, yet nearly collinear ferromagnetic order with nonzero scalar spin chirality. The chemical potential may be controlled by replacing Nd3+^{3+} with Ca2+^{2+}, while introducing only minimal additional disorder to the conducting states. Here, we demonstrate the stability of the canted ferromagnetic state, including the tilting angle of Molybdenum spins, in (Nd1x_{1-x}Cax_{x})2_2Mo2_2O7_7 (NCMO) with x0.15x\le 0.15 using magnetic susceptibility measurements. Mo-Mo and Mo-Nd magnetic couplings both change sign above x=0.22x=0.22, where the canted ferromagnetic state gives way to a spin-glass metallic region. Contributions to the Curie-Weiss law from two magnetic sublattices are separated systematically.

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@article{arxiv.2103.04295,
  title  = {Robust noncoplanar magnetism in band filling-tuned (Nd$_{1-x}$Ca$_x$)$_2$Mo$_2$O$_7$},
  author = {Max Hirschberger and Yoshio Kaneko and Leonie Spitz and Taro Nakajima and Yasujiro Taguchi and Yoshinori Tokura},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2103.04295},
  year   = {2021}
}

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22 pages, 9 figures