Quasicrystalline chiral soliton lattices in a Fibonacci helimagnet
We investigate the ground state magnetic configurations of a Fibonacci chain of classical spins with nearest-neighbor ferromagnetic and monoaxial Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya exchange interactions. Our analysis reveals a diverse array of magnetic textures induced by an external magnetic field perpendicular to the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya vector. These textures exhibit a spectrum ranging from a quasifully polarized noncollinear state under high magnetic fields, capable of maintaining metastable chiral soliton topological defects, to a variety of quasicrystalline chiral soliton lattices below a critical field ${H}_{c}$. For a range of magnetic fields below ${H}_{c}$, the ground state spin textures result from the interplay between an effective quasiperiodic potential influencing the solitons and their repulsive interactions. At lower magnetic fields, the system experiences a commensurate-incommensurate transition, signified by the appearance of discommensurations in the quasicrystalline soliton lattice. In the absence of an external magnetic field, the ground state assumes a helical configuration with a quasiperiodic pitch angle.
Authors
- Pablo S. Cornaglia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4991-6573)
- Cristian D. Batista (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1667-3667)
- Leandro M. Chinellato (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-8954-4248)
Institutions
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (US)
- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (AR)
- Balseiro Institute (AR)
- Bariloche Atomic Centre (AR)
- Centro Científico Tecnológico - Tucumán (AR)
- University of Tennessee at Knoxville (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical review. B./Physical review. B
- Published
- 2024-08-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.110.054430
- Primary Topic
- Magnetic properties of thin films
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- U.S. Department of Energy
- Office of Science
- Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica
- Basic Energy Sciences