TY - JOUR
T1 - Magnetic solitons and magnetic phase diagram of the hexagonal chiral crystal CrNb3 S6 in oblique magnetic fields
AU - Yonemura, Jun Ichiro
AU - Shimamoto, Yusuke
AU - Kida, Takanori
AU - Yoshizawa, Daichi
AU - Kousaka, Yusuke
AU - Nishihara, Sadafumi
AU - Goncalves, Francisco Jose Trindade
AU - Akimitsu, Jun
AU - Inoue, Katsuya
AU - Hagiwara, Masayuki
AU - Togawa, Yoshihiko
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank Y. Kato, V. Laliena, I. Proskurin, Y. Masaki, M. Shinozaki, J. Campo, A. S. Ovchinikov, J. Kishine, A. O. Leonov, and A. N. Bogdanov for useful discussions and G. Paterson for a critical reading of the manuscript. We acknowledge support from Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (Grants No. 25220803, No. 17H02767, and No. 17H02923), the MEXT program for promoting the enhancement of research universities (Hiroshima University), and JSPS Core-to-Core Program “Advanced Research Networks”.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 American Physical Society.
PY - 2017/11/20
Y1 - 2017/11/20
N2 - We investigate the magnetic torque and magnetoresistance (MR) responses in oblique magnetic fields in micrometer-sized specimens of the hexagonal chiral magnetic crystal CrNb3S6. The results exhibit hysteresis over a wide range of applied field angles, while reversible behavior appears only when the magnetic field is closely aligned to the helical axis of the crystal. Stepwise changes of the magnetic torque and MR detected in the hysteresis region indicate the existence of chiral solitons in the oblique magnetic fields. A magnetic phase diagram is derived from the experimental results, and the stability of the chiral magnetic phases, such as the chiral soliton lattice and chiral conical phase, and the nature of the phase transition between them are discussed.
AB - We investigate the magnetic torque and magnetoresistance (MR) responses in oblique magnetic fields in micrometer-sized specimens of the hexagonal chiral magnetic crystal CrNb3S6. The results exhibit hysteresis over a wide range of applied field angles, while reversible behavior appears only when the magnetic field is closely aligned to the helical axis of the crystal. Stepwise changes of the magnetic torque and MR detected in the hysteresis region indicate the existence of chiral solitons in the oblique magnetic fields. A magnetic phase diagram is derived from the experimental results, and the stability of the chiral magnetic phases, such as the chiral soliton lattice and chiral conical phase, and the nature of the phase transition between them are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevB.96.184423
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevB.96.184423
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85038858532
SN - 2469-9950
VL - 96
JO - Physical Review B
JF - Physical Review B
IS - 18
M1 - 184423
ER -