Magnetic monopole density and antiferromagnetic domain control in spin-ice iridates.
Authors
Pearce, MJ
Szabó, A
Sikkenk, TS
Prabhakaran, D
Goddard, PA
Publication Date
2022-01-21Journal Title
Nat Commun
ISSN
2041-1723
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Volume
13
Issue
1
Language
en
Type
Article
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Pearce, M., Götze, K., Szabó, A., Sikkenk, T., Lees, M., Boothroyd, A., Prabhakaran, D., et al. (2022). Magnetic monopole density and antiferromagnetic domain control in spin-ice iridates.. Nat Commun, 13 (1) https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-27964-y
Abstract
Magnetically frustrated systems provide fertile ground for complex behaviour, including unconventional ground states with emergent symmetries, topological properties, and exotic excitations. A canonical example is the emergence of magnetic-charge-carrying quasiparticles in spin-ice compounds. Despite extensive work, a reliable experimental indicator of the density of these magnetic monopoles is yet to be found. Using measurements on single crystals of Ho2Ir2O7 combined with dipolar Monte Carlo simulations, we show that the isothermal magnetoresistance is highly sensitive to the monopole density. Moreover, we uncover an unexpected and strong coupling between the monopoles on the holmium sublattice and the antiferromagnetically ordered iridium ions. These results pave the way towards a quantitative experimental measure of monopole density and demonstrate the ability to control antiferromagnetic domain walls using a uniform external magnetic field, a key goal in the design of next-generation spintronic devices.
Keywords
Article, /639/766/119, /639/766/119/995, /639/766/119/997, /639/766/119/2792, article
Sponsorship
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/M007065/1)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/P034616/1)
EPSRC (EP/T028580/1)
Identifiers
s41467-022-27964-y, 27964
External DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-27964-y
This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/333227
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