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In situ control of the helical and skyrmion phases in Cu2OSeO3 using high-pressure helium gas up to 5 kbar

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Crisanti, Marta, Reynolds, N., Živković, I., Magrez, A., Rønnow, H. M., Cubitt, R. and White, J. S. (2020) In situ control of the helical and skyrmion phases in Cu2OSeO3 using high-pressure helium gas up to 5 kbar. Physical Review B, 101 (21). 214435. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.101.214435

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Abstract

We report a small-angle neutron scattering study of the helical and skyrmion lattice order in single crystal Cu2OSeO3 under quasihydrostatic helium gas pressures up to 5 kbar. By using helium gas as the pressure-transmitting medium (PTM) we ensure pressure application with improved hydrostaticity at cryogenic temperatures compared with previous reports where liquid PTMs were used. For 5-kbar He gas pressure we observe modest changes of the ambient pressure phase diagram; the critical temperature Tc changes by +2.8(2)%, while in the low-T limit the helical propagation vector |q| changes by −0.5(2)%, the lower critical field Hc1 changes by +2.5(1.0)%, and the upper critical field Hc2 remains unchanged within uncertainty. The skyrmion phase also changes little under pressure; its largest T extent varies from Tc − 2.5(5) K at ambient pressure to Tc − 3.0(5) K at 5 kbar, and its location in the phase diagram follows the pressure-driven shift of Tc. The weak pressure dependences of the critical magnetic fields and skyrmion phase contrast strongly with much stronger pressure-driven changes reported from previous quasihydrostatic pressure studies. Taking into account the present results and those of other uniaxial pressure data, we suggest that the results of previous quasihydrostatic pressure studies were influenced by inadvertent directional stress pressure components. Overall, our study represents a high-pressure study of the chiral magnetism in Cu2OSeO3 under the most hydrostatic high-pressure conditions to date and serves also as a salient reminder of the sensitivity of chiral magnets to deviations from hydrostaticity in quasihydrostatic high-pressure studies.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: Q Science > QC Physics
Q Science > QD Chemistry
Divisions: Faculty of Science > Physics
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Neutrons -- Scattering, Lattice dynamics, Helium , Skyrme model
Journal or Publication Title: Physical Review B
Publisher: American Physical Society
ISSN: 2469-9950
Official Date: 22 June 2020
Dates:
DateEvent
22 June 2020Published
18 May 2020Accepted
13 May 2020Modified
7 April 2020Submitted
Date of first compliant deposit: 6 July 2020
Volume: 101
Number: 21
Article Number: 214435
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.101.214435
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
Copyright Holders: The Authors
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Project/Grant IDRIOXX Funder NameFunder ID
EP/N032128/1[EPSRC] Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Councilhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000266
CRSII5_171003[SNSF] Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschunghttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100001711
200021_153451[SNSF] Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschunghttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100001711
200021_188707 [SNSF] Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschunghttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100001711
731096Horizon 2020 Framework Programmehttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100010661
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