Tuesday, May 7, 2013

1305.1160 (V. Scagnoli et al.)

Dzyaloshinsky-Moriya driven helical-butterfly structure in
Ba3NbFe3Si2O14
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V. Scagnoli, S. W. Huang, M. Garganourakis, R. A. de Souza, U. Staub, V. Simonet, P. Lejay, R. Ballou
We have used soft x-ray magnetic diffraction at the Fe3+ L2,3 edges to examine to what extent the Dzyaloshinsky-Moriya interaction in Ba3NbFe3Si2O14 influences its low temperature magnetic structure. A modulated component of the moments along the c-axis is present, adding to the previously proposed helical magnetic configuration of co-planar moments in the a,b-plane. This leads to a helical-butterfly structure and suggests that both the multi-axial in-plane and the uniform out-of-plane Dzyaloshinsky-Moriya vectors are relevant. A non zero orbital magnetic signal is also observed at the oxygen K edge, which reflects the surprisingly strong hybridization between iron 3d and oxygen 2p states, given the nominal spherical symmetry of the Fe3+ half filled shell.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1305.1160

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