1. Skyrmion Lattice in a Doped Semiconductor
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Münzer, W., Neubauer, A., Mühlbauer, S., Franz, C., Adams, T., Jonietz, F., Georgii, R., Böni, P., Pedersen, B., Schmidt, M., Rosch, A., and Pfleiderer, C.
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Condensed Matter - Strongly Correlated Electrons ,Condensed Matter::Materials Science ,Condensed Matter - Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics ,Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el) ,Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall) ,FOS: Physical sciences ,Condensed Matter::Mesoscopic Systems and Quantum Hall Effect - Abstract
We report a comprehensive small angle neutron scattering study (SANS) of the magnetic phase diagram of the doped semiconductor Fe_{1-x}Co_{x}Si for x=0.2 and 0.25. For magnetic field parallel to the neutron beam we observe a six-fold intensity pattern under field-cooling, which identifies the A-phase of Fe_{1-x}Co_{x}Si as a skyrmion lattice. The regime of the skyrmion lattice is highly hysteretic and extents over a wide temperature range, consistent with the site disorder of the Fe and Co atoms. Our study identifies Fe_{1-x}Co_{x}Si is a second material after MnSi in which a skyrmion lattice forms and establishes that skyrmion lattices may also occur in strongly doped semiconductors.
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- 2009
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