Franke, Kévin J. A. and Huddart, Benjamin M. and Hicken, Thomas J. and Xiao, Fan and Blundell, Stephen J. and Pratt, Francis L. and Crisanti, Marta and Barker, Joel A. T. and Clark, Stewart J. and Štefančič, Aleš and Hatnean, Monica Ciomaga and Balakrishnan, Geetha and Lancaster, Tom (2018) 'Magnetic phases of skyrmion-hosting GaV4S8−ySey (y = 0, 2, 4, 8) probed with muon spectroscopy.', Physical review B., 98 (5). 054428.
Abstract
We present the results of a muon-spin spectroscopy investigation of GaV4S8−ySey with y = 0, 2, 4, and 8. Zero-field measurements suggest that GaV4Se8 and GaV4S8 have distinct magnetic ground states, with the latter material showing an anomalous temperature dependence of the local magnetic field. It is not possible to evolve the magnetic state continuously between these two systems, with the intermediate y = 2 and 4 materials showing glassy magnetic behavior at low temperature. The skyrmion lattice (SkL) phase is evident in the y = 0 and 8 materials through an enhanced response of the muon-spin relaxation to the emergent dynamics that accompany the SkL. For our polycrystalline samples of GaV4Se8, this enhanced dynamic response is confined to a smaller region of the magnetic field-temperature phase diagram than the previous reports of the SkL in single crystals.
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| Publisher Web site: | https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.98.054428 |
| Publisher statement: | Reprinted with permission from the American Physical Society: Franke, Kévin J. A., Huddart, Benjamin M., Hicken, Thomas J., Xiao, Fan, Blundell, Stephen J., Pratt, Francis L., Crisanti, Marta, Barker, Joel A. T., Clark, Stewart J., Štefančič, Aleš, Hatnean, Monica Ciomaga, Balakrishnan, Geetha & Lancaster, Tom (2018). Magnetic phases of skyrmion-hosting GaV4S8−ySey (y = 0, 2, 4, 8) probed with muon spectroscopy. Physical Review B 98(5): 054428. © (2018) by the American Physical Society. Readers may view, browse, and/or download material for temporary copying purposes only, provided these uses are for noncommercial personal purposes. Except as provided by law, this material may not be further reproduced, distributed, transmitted, modified, adapted, performed, displayed, published, or sold in whole or part, without prior written permission from the American Physical Society. |
| Date accepted: | 02 August 2018 |
| Date deposited: | 13 September 2018 |
| Date of first online publication: | 27 August 2018 |
| Date first made open access: | 13 September 2018 |
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