Field-induced phases in skyrmion-lattice candidate compound EuNiGe3

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Skyrmions have been found in cubic helimagnets and in ultrathin films with surface induced Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI). In bulk, skyrmionic phases are observed in a tiny temperature range near ordering temperature. Theoretically, skyrmion-lattice ground-states have been predicted to exist in crystals from certain Laue classes. Experimentally, these skyrmion phases have yet not been observed. We have identified tetragonal crystals of EuNiGe3 as suitable bulk material to observe skyrmionic ground-state phases, in particular field-driven skyrmion lattices. The presence of the skyrmion lattice (at high magnetic fields) and remanent Dzyaloshinskii spiral is suggested to be verified via neutron small-angle diffraction at various magnetic fields of up to 4 T below 10 K and at lower fields in the intermediate temperature range between 10 and 14 K.

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PID https://hdl.handle.net/21.11151/ypkf-3jak
Related Identifier IsCompiledBy https://doi.org/10.5442/NI000001
Metadata Access https://data.helmholtz-berlin.de/oaipmh/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:data.helmholtz-berlin.de:inv/5910
Provenance
Instrument E2 - Flat-Cone Diffractometer,
Publisher Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie
Contributor Prokes, Karel; Radu, Florin; Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie
Publication Year 2022
Rights Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal; https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
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Resource Type Investigation; Collection
Size 1.07 GiB
Discipline Other
Temporal Coverage Begin 2017-11-15T07:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2017-12-14T11:06:11Z