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.

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Physical review. B./Physical review. B
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2024-08-19
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https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.110.054430
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Magnetic properties of thin films
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Quasicrystalline chiral soliton lattices in a Fibonacci helimagnet

Pablo S. Cornaglia, Cristian D. Batista, Leandro M. Chinellato
Physical review. B./Physical review. B
Magnetic properties of thin films
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Quasicrystalline chiral soliton lattices in a Fibonacci helimagnet

Pablo S. Cornaglia, Cristian D. Batista, Leandro M. Chinellato
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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.

Physical review. B./Physical review. BVol. 110(5)
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)
U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica, Basic Energy Sciences
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