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Temperature- and field angular-dependent helical spin period characterized by magnetic dynamics in a chiral helimagnet $MnNb_3S_6$

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2023-04-11 v1 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Materials Science

Abstract

The chiral magnets with topological spin textures provide a rare platform to explore topology and magnetism for potential application implementation. Here, we study the magnetic dynamics of several spin configurations on the monoaxial chiral magnetic crystal MnNb3S6MnNb_3S_6 via broadband ferromagnetic resonance (FMR) technique at cryogenic temperature. In the high-field forced ferromagnetic state (FFM) regime, the obtained frequency f vs. resonance field Hres dispersion curve follows the well-known Kittel formula for a single FFM, while in the low-field chiral magnetic soliton lattice (CSL) regime, the dependence of Hres on magnetic field angle can be well-described by our modified Kittel formula including the mixture of a helical spin segment and the FFM phase. Furthermore, compared to the sophisticated Lorentz micrograph technique, the observed magnetic dynamics corresponding to different spin configurations allow us to obtain temperature- and field-dependent proportion of helical spin texture and helical spin period ratio L(H)/L(0) via our modified Kittel formula. Our results demonstrated that field- and temperature-dependent nontrivial magnetic structures and corresponding distinct spin dynamics in chiral magnets can be an alternative and efficient approach to uncovering and controlling nontrivial topological magnetic dynamics.

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@article{arxiv.2209.02266,
  title  = {Temperature- and field angular-dependent helical spin period characterized by magnetic dynamics in a chiral helimagnet $MnNb_3S_6$},
  author = {Liyuan Li and Haotian Li and Kaiyuan Zhou and Yaoyu Gu and Qingwei Fu and Lina Chen and Lei Zhang and Ronghua Liu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2209.02266},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

29 pages (including Supporting Information), 7 figures, accepted by SCIENCE CHINA Physics, Mechanics & Astronomy