Abstract
The class of chiral-polar magnets has recently captured significant interest in scientific study due to their intriguing physical phenomena. Among all the chiral-polar magnets, Ni2InSbO6 stands out because of its unique attributes, such as the emergence of the topological chiral soliton lattice in the presence of an external magnetic field perpendicular to the chiral-polar axis. However, the magnetic structure of Ni2InSbO6 at zero field has not been well understood yet. This work presents an analysis including polarized optical microscopy and polarized neutron diffraction on a carefully chosen Ni2InSbO6 crystal. Results confirm the predominance of a single chiral-polar domain within the crystal and indicate the likelihood of cycloidal magnetic ordering under zero magnetic field, alongside the observation of net magnetic helicity. The existence of both a dominant chiral-polar domain and a dominant cycloidal magnetic domain within Ni2InSbO6 provides an excellent platform for further exploration of its unconventional physical attributes.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 2300519 |
Journal | Physica Status Solidi (B) Basic Research |
Volume | 261 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 2024 |
Funding
The work at NJIT was supported by the US Department of Energy under grant no. DOE: DE‐ SC0021188. This research used resources at the High Flux Isotope Reactor, a DOE Office of Science User Facility operated by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Funders | Funder number |
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U.S. Department of Energy | DE‐ SC0021188 |
Keywords
- chiral-polar magnets
- domains
- magnetic structures
- polarized neutron diffractions