TY - JOUR
T1 - Effect of chemical substitution on the skyrmion phase in Cu2OSeO3
AU - Neves, Paul M.
AU - Gilbert, Dustin A.
AU - Ran, Sheng
AU - Liu, I. Lin
AU - Saha, Shanta
AU - Collini, John
AU - Bleuel, Markus
AU - Paglione, Johnpierre
AU - Borchers, Julie A.
AU - Butch, Nicholas P.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 American Physical Society.
PY - 2020/10/9
Y1 - 2020/10/9
N2 - Magnetic skyrmions have been the focus of intense research due to their unique qualities which result from their topological protections. Previous work on Cu2OSeO3, the only known insulating multiferroic skyrmion material, has shown that chemical substitution alters the skyrmion phase. We chemically substitute Zn, Ag, and S into powdered Cu2OSeO3 to study the effect on the magnetic phase diagram. In both the Ag and the S substitutions, we find that the skyrmion phase is stabilized over a larger temperature range, as determined via magnetometry and small-angle neutron scattering (SANS). Meanwhile, while previous magnetometry characterization suggests two high temperature skyrmion phases in the Zn-substituted sample, SANS reveals the high temperature phase to be skyrmionic while we are unable to distinguish the other from helical order. Overall, chemical substitution weakens helical and skyrmion order as inferred from neutron scattering of the |q|≈0.01Å-1 magnetic peak.
AB - Magnetic skyrmions have been the focus of intense research due to their unique qualities which result from their topological protections. Previous work on Cu2OSeO3, the only known insulating multiferroic skyrmion material, has shown that chemical substitution alters the skyrmion phase. We chemically substitute Zn, Ag, and S into powdered Cu2OSeO3 to study the effect on the magnetic phase diagram. In both the Ag and the S substitutions, we find that the skyrmion phase is stabilized over a larger temperature range, as determined via magnetometry and small-angle neutron scattering (SANS). Meanwhile, while previous magnetometry characterization suggests two high temperature skyrmion phases in the Zn-substituted sample, SANS reveals the high temperature phase to be skyrmionic while we are unable to distinguish the other from helical order. Overall, chemical substitution weakens helical and skyrmion order as inferred from neutron scattering of the |q|≈0.01Å-1 magnetic peak.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85093084573
U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevB.102.134410
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevB.102.134410
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85093084573
SN - 2469-9950
VL - 102
JO - Physical Review B
JF - Physical Review B
IS - 13
M1 - 134410
ER -