| Download | - View accepted manuscript: Helical magnetic order in MnSi thin films (PDF, 535 KiB)
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| DOI | Resolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.84.060404 |
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| Author | Search for: Karhu, E. A.; Search for: Kahwaji, S.; Search for: Robertson, M. D.; Search for: Fritzsche, H.1; Search for: Kirby, B. J.; Search for: Majkrzak, C. F.; Search for: Monchesky, T. L. |
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| Affiliation | - National Research Council of Canada. NRC Canadian Neutron Beam Centre
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| Format | Text, Article |
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| Abstract | We present a study of the magnetic structure of crystalline MnSi(111) thin films grown by molecular beam epitaxy. A combination of polarized neutron reflectometry (PNR) and superconducting quantum interference device magnetometry show that the films have helical magnetic order with a pitch vector Q along the film normal. The helix wavelength of 2π/Q=13.9±0.1 nm is found to be independent of thickness below 40 nm. PNR shows that the magnetic structure has both left-handed and right-handed chiralities due to the presence of inversion domains observed by transmission electron microscopy. |
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| Publication date | 2011-08-22 |
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| Language | English |
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| Peer reviewed | Yes |
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| NPARC number | 18910970 |
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| Record identifier | 60d89530-e294-4e9f-aaf3-692f44c6daa9 |
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| Record created | 2011-11-10 |
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| Record modified | 2020-04-21 |
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