Exchange anisotropy in the skyrmion host GaVS.

J Phys Condens Matter

Experimentalphysik V, Zentrum für elektronische Korrelationen und Magnetismus, Universität Augsburg, 86135 Augsburg, Germany.

Published: February 2017

Using ferromagnetic resonance spectroscopy at 34 GHz we explored the magnetic anisotropy of single-crystalline GaVS in the field-polarized magnetic state. We describe the data in terms of an easy-axis type uniaxial anisotropy with an anisotropy constant [Formula: see text] erg cm at 2 K, corresponding to a relative exchange anisotropy [Formula: see text]%, and about [Formula: see text]erg cm near 11 K, i.e. at temperatures where the skyrmion-lattice phase was recently discovered. The relatively large value of K explains the confinement of the skyrmion tubes to the [Formula: see text] easy axes. A distinct set of resonances in the spectra is attributed to the co-existence of different rhombohedral domains. Complementary broadband spectroscopy demonstrates that non-collinear spin states may sensitively be detected by electron spin resonance techniques.

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