Single magnetic chirality in the magneto-electric NdFe$_3$($^{11}$BO$_3$)$_4$

Details Single magnetic chirality in the magneto-electric NdFe$_3$($^{11}$BO$_3$)$_4$ Single magnetic chirality in the magneto-electric NdFe$_3$($^{11}$BO$_3$)$_4$

2010-01-12

arxiv.org/abs/1001.1784v2

Phys. Rev. B 81, 094429 (2010)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

13 pages, 5 figures updated Figures 3, 4, 5 for clarity reasons updated and corrected some references additional section "conc

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.81.094429

We have performed an extensive study of single-crystals of the magneto-electric NdFe$_3$($^{11}$BO$_3$)$_4$ by means of a combination of single-crystal neutron diffraction and spherical neutron polarimetry. Our investigation did not detect significant deviations at low temperatures from space group R32 concerning the chemical structure. With respect to magnetic ordering our combined results demonstrate that in the commensurate magnetic phase below T$_N$~30 K all three magnetic Fe moments and the magnetic Nd moment are aligned ferromagnetically in the basal hexagonal plane but align antiferromagnetically between adjacent planes. The phase transition to the low-temperature incommensurate magnetic structure observed at T$_{IC}$~13.5 K appears to be continuous. By means of polarized neutron studies it could be shown that in the incommensurate magnetic phase the magnetic structure of NdFe$_3$($^{11}$BO$_3$)$_4$ is transformed into a long-period antiferromagnetic helix with single chirality. Close to the commensurate-incommensurate phase transition third-order harmonics were observed which in addition indicate the formation of magnetic solitons.

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