Cubic double perovskites host noncoplanar spin textures

Autor: Joseph A. M. Paddison, Hao Zhang, Jiaqiang Yan, Matthew J. Cliffe, Michael A. McGuire, Seung-Hwan Do, Shang Gao, Matthew B. Stone, David Dahlbom, Kipton Barros, Cristian D. Batista, Andrew D. Christianson
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: npj Quantum Materials, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2397-4648
DOI: 10.1038/s41535-024-00650-6
Popis: Abstract Magnetic materials with noncoplanar magnetic structures can show unusual physical properties driven by nontrivial topology. Topologically-active states are often multi-q structures, which are challenging to stabilize in models and to identify in materials. Here, we use inelastic neutron-scattering experiments to show that the insulating double perovskites Ba2YRuO6 and Ba2LuRuO6 host a noncoplanar 3-q structure on the face-centered cubic lattice. Quantitative analysis of our neutron-scattering data reveals that these 3-q states are stabilized by biquadratic interactions. Our study identifies double perovskites as a highly promising class of materials to realize topological magnetism, elucidates the stabilization mechanism of the 3-q state in these materials, and establishes neutron spectroscopy on powder samples as a valuable technique to distinguish multi-q from single-q states, facilitating the discovery of topologically-nontrivial magnetic materials.
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