Revealing the Absolute Direction of the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya Interaction in Prototypical Weak Ferromagnets by Polarized Neutrons
Henrik Thoma, Vladimir Hutanu, Hao Deng, В. Е. Дмитриенко, P. J. Brown, Arsen Gukasov, G. Roth, Manuel Angst
Abstract
Polarized neutron diffraction (PND) is a powerful technique to distinguish a weak magnetic contribution from the total scattering intensity. It can provide a detailed insight into the microscopic spin ordering at the unit cell level, but also into the mesoscopic magnetic ordering, like different types of domain populations.
Topics & Concepts
FerromagnetismPhysicsAbsolute (philosophy)NeutronCondensed matter physicsNuclear physicsEpistemologyPhilosophyMagnetic properties of thin filmsMagnetic Properties and ApplicationsMultiferroics and related materials