Formation of a magnetic soliton lattice in copper metaborate

Authors
Roessli, B Schefer, J Petrakovskii, GA Ouladdiaf, B Boehm, M Staub, U Vorotinov, A Bezmaternikh, L
Citation
B. Roessli et al., Formation of a magnetic soliton lattice in copper metaborate, PHYS REV L, 86(9), 2001, pp. 1885-1888
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
ISSN journal
00319007 → ACNP
Volume
86
Issue
9
Year of publication
2001
Pages
1885 - 1888
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(20010226)86:9<1885:FOAMSL>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
The magnetic ground state of CuB2O4 is incommensurate at T = 1.8 K and unde rgoes a continuous phase transition to a noncollinear commensurate antiferr omagnetic state at T* similar to 10 K. Close to T* higher-order magnetic sa tellites are observed. Coexistence of long- and short-range magnetic order is observed in both magnetic phases. This suggests that the association of the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction and anisotropy leads to the formation of a magnetic soliton lattice.