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Reorientation of antiferromagnetism in cobalt doped FeSn

Authors :
Jiaqiang Yan
Michael A. McGuire
Brian C. Sales
Andrew D. Christianson
William R. Meier
Xiaoping Wang
Source :
Physical Review B. 100
Publication Year :
2019
Publisher :
American Physical Society (APS), 2019.

Abstract

FeSn is an itinerant antiferromagnet that hosts electronic Dirac states and ordered magnetic moments lying within its Fe Kagome-lattice planes. We present magnetization measurements of single crystals of $({\mathrm{Fe}}_{1\ensuremath{-}x}{\mathrm{Co}}_{x})\text{Sn}$, revealing the evolution and suppression of this magnetic order with Co substitution. We interpret the dramatic changes in magnetic anisotropy to indicate a reorientation of the moments from perpendicular to parallel to the hexagonal $c$ axis and confirm this with neutron diffraction. It has been proposed that the Dirac nodes observed in FeSn should become gapped if the moments rotate as our data suggests. We identify Co-substituted compositions that adopt both antiferromagnetic configurations at different temperatures. This system provides a unique opportunity to study how the details of magnetic order impact Dirac electron states.

Details

ISSN :
24699969 and 24699950
Volume :
100
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Physical Review B
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........6c2d343963d17f3c6e8329917cd8c8c0
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.100.184421