Abstract
We present magnetic-field-induced metastability of the magnetic soliton lattice in a bilayer ruthenate Ca3(Ru1-xFex)2O7(x=0.05) through single-crystal neutron diffraction study. We show that the incommensurability of the modulation wave vector at zero field strongly depends on the history of magnetic field at low temperature, and that the equilibrium ground state can be achieved by warming above a characteristic temperature Tg∼37K. We suggest that such metastability might be associated with the domain wall pinning by the magnetic Fe dopants.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Article number | 134429 |
| Journal | Physical Review B |
| Volume | 95 |
| Issue number | 13 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Apr 19 2017 |
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- Condensed Matter Physics
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Field-induced metastability of the modulation wave vector in a magnetic soliton lattice. / Zhu, M.; Peng, J.; Hong, T.; Prokes, K.; Zou, T.; Mao, Z. Q.; Ke, X.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Field-induced metastability of the modulation wave vector in a magnetic soliton lattice
AU - Zhu, M.
AU - Peng, J.
AU - Hong, T.
AU - Prokes, K.
AU - Zou, T.
AU - Mao, Z. Q.
AU - Ke, X.
PY - 2017/4/19
Y1 - 2017/4/19
N2 - We present magnetic-field-induced metastability of the magnetic soliton lattice in a bilayer ruthenate Ca3(Ru1-xFex)2O7(x=0.05) through single-crystal neutron diffraction study. We show that the incommensurability of the modulation wave vector at zero field strongly depends on the history of magnetic field at low temperature, and that the equilibrium ground state can be achieved by warming above a characteristic temperature Tg∼37K. We suggest that such metastability might be associated with the domain wall pinning by the magnetic Fe dopants.
AB - We present magnetic-field-induced metastability of the magnetic soliton lattice in a bilayer ruthenate Ca3(Ru1-xFex)2O7(x=0.05) through single-crystal neutron diffraction study. We show that the incommensurability of the modulation wave vector at zero field strongly depends on the history of magnetic field at low temperature, and that the equilibrium ground state can be achieved by warming above a characteristic temperature Tg∼37K. We suggest that such metastability might be associated with the domain wall pinning by the magnetic Fe dopants.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevB.95.134429
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevB.95.134429
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85018518634
VL - 95
JO - Physical Review B-Condensed Matter
JF - Physical Review B-Condensed Matter
SN - 2469-9950
IS - 13
M1 - 134429
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