Spiral plane flops in frustrated helimagnets in external magnetic field

We discuss theoretically frustrated Heisenberg spiral magnets in magnetic field H. We demonstrate that small anisotropic spin interactions (single-ion biaxial anisotropy or dipolar forces) select the plane in which spins rotate (spiral plane) and can lead to the spiral plane flop upon in-plane field...

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Published in:Physical review. B 2018-11, Vol.98 (18), p.184406, Article 184406
Main Authors: Utesov, O. I., Syromyatnikov, A. V.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anisotropy
Magnetic fields
Magnets
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Summary:We discuss theoretically frustrated Heisenberg spiral magnets in magnetic field H. We demonstrate that small anisotropic spin interactions (single-ion biaxial anisotropy or dipolar forces) select the plane in which spins rotate (spiral plane) and can lead to the spiral plane flop upon in-plane field increasing. Expressions for the critical fields Hflop are derived. It is shown that measuring of Hflop is an efficient and simple method of quantifying the anisotropy in the system (as the measurement of spin-flop fields in collinear magnets with axial anisotropy). Corresponding recent experiments are considered in spiral magnets some of which are multiferroics of spin origin.
ISSN:2469-9950
2469-9969
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.98.184406