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Partial ordering and phase elasticity in the MnGe short-period helimagnet
N. Martin1,*,I. Mirebeau1,C. Franz2,3,G. Chaboussant1,L. N. Fomicheva4, andA. V. Tsvyashchenko4
- 1Laboratoire Léon Brillouin, CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- 2Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum, Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching, Germany
- 3Physik-Department E21, Technische Universität München, 85748 Garching, Germany
- 4Vereshchagin Institute for High Pressure Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 142190 Troitsk, Moscow, Russia
- *nicolas.martin@cea.fr
Phys. Rev. B99, 100402(R) –Published 13 March, 2019
Abstract
We study the helimagnetic ground state of the MnGe cubic alloy using small-angle neutron scattering and a high-resolution method, the so-called MIEZE spectroscopy. Upon cooling below the Néel temperature, we observe the proliferation of long-wavelengthgapless spin fluctuations, concomitant with a continuous evolution of the helical correlation length. These fluctuations disappear at when the helical period becomes commensurate with the lattice. We propose to describe this intermediate phase as a soliton lattice, promoting nonlinear collective modes, orphasons, over a large temperature interval. We discuss the possible relevance of our results to the previously observed magnetotransport anomalies.
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- Received 24 January 2019
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