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Spin-spiral state of a Mn monolayer on W(110) studied by soft x-ray absorption spectroscopy at variable temperatures
العنوان: | Spin-spiral state of a Mn monolayer on W(110) studied by soft x-ray absorption spectroscopy at variable temperatures |
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المؤلفون: | Honolka, J., Krotzky, S., Menzel, M., Herden, T., Sessi, V., Ebert, H., Minar, J., von Bergmann, K., Wiesendanger, R., Sipr, O. |
المصدر: | Phys. Rev. B 103, 174419 (2021) |
سنة النشر: | 2020 |
المجموعة: | Condensed Matter |
مصطلحات موضوعية: | Condensed Matter - Materials Science |
الوصف: | The noncollinear magnetic state of epitaxial Mn monolayers on tungsten (110) crystal surfaces is investigated by means of soft x-ray absorption spectroscopy, to complement earlier spin-polarized STM experiments. X-ray absorption spectra (XAS), x-ray linear dichroism (XLD) and x-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD) Mn L23-edge spectra were measured in the temperature range from 8 to 300 K and compared to results of fully-relativistic ab initio calculations. We show that antiferromagnetic (AFM) helical and cycloidal spirals give rise to significantly different Mn L23-edge XLD signals, enabling thus to distinguish between them. It follows from our results that the magnetic ground state of a Mn monolayer on W(110) is an AFM cycloidal spin spiral. Based on temperature-dependent XAS, XLD and field-induced XMCD spectra we deduce that magnetic properties of the Mn monolayer on W(110) vary with temperature, but this variation lacks a clear indication of a phase transition in the investigated temperature range up to 300 K - even though a crossover exists around 170 K in the temperature dependence of XAS branching ratios and in XLD profiles. Comment: 14 pages, 14 figures |
نوع الوثيقة: | Working Paper |
DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevB.103.174419 |
URL الوصول: | http://arxiv.org/abs/2012.01729 |
رقم الأكسشن: | edsarx.2012.01729 |
قاعدة البيانات: | arXiv |
DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevB.103.174419 |
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