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Title: Principal interactions in the magnetic system Fe{sub 1-x}Co{sub x}Si: Magnetic structure and critical temperature by neutron diffraction and SQUID measurements

Journal Article · · Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
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  1. Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Gatchina, 188300 St. Petersburg (Russian Federation)
  2. Institut fuer Physik der Kondensierten Materie, TU Braunschweig, 38106 Braunschweig (Germany)
  3. GKSS Forschungszentrum, 21502 Geesthacht (Germany)

The compound Fe{sub 1-x}Co{sub x}Si is a good representative for a cubic magnet with Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction. On the basis of the neutron diffraction and superconducting quantum interference device measurements, we built the H-T phase diagram for the compound with different x from 0.1 to 0.7. The same set of parameters governs the magnetic system for different x. These parameters are well interpreted in the framework of the recently developed theory [S. V. Maleyev, Phys. Rev. B 73, 174402 (2006)]. As a result, the spin-wave stiffness, the Dzyaloshinskii constant, the anisotropic exchange constant, and the spin-wave gap caused by the Dzyaloshinskii interaction have been obtained and plotted as a function of x. The changes of the magnetic structure with x can be well interpreted on the basis of our findings.

OSTI ID:
21055179
Journal Information:
Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, Vol. 76, Issue 9; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.76.092407; (c) 2007 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1098-0121
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English