Field-tunable toroidal moment in a chiral-lattice magnet

Toroidal moments arise from vortex like spin arrangements. These moments can then interact, giving rise to ferri- or ferro-toroidal order, though controlling such order is difficult. Here, the authors demonstrate a ferri-toroidal state in BaCoSiO4, which under an applied magnetic field exhibits mult...

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Main Authors: Lei Ding, Xianghan Xu, Harald O. Jeschke, Xiaojian Bai, Erxi Feng, Admasu Solomon Alemayehu, Jaewook Kim, Fei-Ting Huang, Qiang Zhang, Xiaxin Ding, Neil Harrison, Vivien Zapf, Daniel Khomskii, Igor I. Mazin, Sang-Wook Cheong, Huibo Cao
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Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25657-6
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author Lei Ding
Xianghan Xu
Harald O. Jeschke
Xiaojian Bai
Erxi Feng
Admasu Solomon Alemayehu
Jaewook Kim
Fei-Ting Huang
Qiang Zhang
Xiaxin Ding
Neil Harrison
Vivien Zapf
Daniel Khomskii
Igor I. Mazin
Sang-Wook Cheong
Huibo Cao
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description Toroidal moments arise from vortex like spin arrangements. These moments can then interact, giving rise to ferri- or ferro-toroidal order, though controlling such order is difficult. Here, the authors demonstrate a ferri-toroidal state in BaCoSiO4, which under an applied magnetic field exhibits multiple toroidal and metamagnetic transitions.
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spelling doaj.art-35d76d77316649a985e6086fc26811e62022-12-21T20:35:37ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232021-09-011211710.1038/s41467-021-25657-6Field-tunable toroidal moment in a chiral-lattice magnetLei Ding0Xianghan Xu1Harald O. Jeschke2Xiaojian Bai3Erxi Feng4Admasu Solomon Alemayehu5Jaewook Kim6Fei-Ting Huang7Qiang Zhang8Xiaxin Ding9Neil Harrison10Vivien Zapf11Daniel Khomskii12Igor I. Mazin13Sang-Wook Cheong14Huibo Cao15Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Neutron Scattering DivisionRutgers Center for Emergent Materials and Department of Physics and AstronomyResearch Institute for Interdisciplinary Science, Okayama UniversityOak Ridge National Laboratory, Neutron Scattering DivisionOak Ridge National Laboratory, Neutron Scattering DivisionRutgers Center for Emergent Materials and Department of Physics and AstronomyRutgers Center for Emergent Materials and Department of Physics and AstronomyRutgers Center for Emergent Materials and Department of Physics and AstronomyOak Ridge National Laboratory, Neutron Scattering DivisionLos Alamos National LaboratoryLos Alamos National LaboratoryLos Alamos National LaboratoryII. Physikalisches Institut, Universität zu KölnDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, George Mason UniversityRutgers Center for Emergent Materials and Department of Physics and AstronomyOak Ridge National Laboratory, Neutron Scattering DivisionToroidal moments arise from vortex like spin arrangements. These moments can then interact, giving rise to ferri- or ferro-toroidal order, though controlling such order is difficult. Here, the authors demonstrate a ferri-toroidal state in BaCoSiO4, which under an applied magnetic field exhibits multiple toroidal and metamagnetic transitions.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25657-6
spellingShingle Lei Ding
Xianghan Xu
Harald O. Jeschke
Xiaojian Bai
Erxi Feng
Admasu Solomon Alemayehu
Jaewook Kim
Fei-Ting Huang
Qiang Zhang
Xiaxin Ding
Neil Harrison
Vivien Zapf
Daniel Khomskii
Igor I. Mazin
Sang-Wook Cheong
Huibo Cao
Field-tunable toroidal moment in a chiral-lattice magnet
Nature Communications
title Field-tunable toroidal moment in a chiral-lattice magnet
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title_short Field-tunable toroidal moment in a chiral-lattice magnet
title_sort field tunable toroidal moment in a chiral lattice magnet
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25657-6
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