Artificial out-of-plane Ising antiferromagnet

on the kagome lattice

with very small farther-neighbor couplings

Jeanne Colbois¹, Kevin Hofhuis² ³, Zhaochu Luo² ³, Xueqiao Wang² ³, Aleš Hrabec ² ³ , Laura J. Heyderman² ³, and Frédéric Mila¹

PRB 104, 024418 (2021)

(1) EPF Lausanne Institute of Physics, (2) ETH Zürich Department of Materials, (3) Paul Scherrer Institute Laboratory for Multiscale Materials experiments

Switzerland

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Motivation

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Chioar et al., Phys. Rev. B 90, (2014)

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Motivation

  • Artificial spin systems can be (surprisingly) well modeled by Ising Hamiltonians

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Chioar et al., Phys. Rev. B 90, (2014)

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Motivation

  • Artificial spin systems can be (surprisingly) well modeled by Ising Hamiltonians

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Chioar et al., Phys. Rev. B 90, (2014)

H = \sum_{(i,j)} J_{i,j} \sigma_i \sigma_j \\ J_{i,j} \propto 1/|r_i -r_j|^3

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Motivation

  • Artificial spin systems can be (surprisingly) well modeled by Ising Hamiltonians
  • The resulting models are of intrinsic interest

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Chioar et al., Phys. Rev. B 90, (2014)

H = \sum_{(i,j)} J_{i,j} \sigma_i \sigma_j \\ J_{i,j} \propto 1/|r_i -r_j|^3

Hamp et al., Phys. Rev. B 98, (2018)

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Motivation

  • Artificial spin systems can be (surprisingly) well modeled by Ising Hamiltonians
  • The resulting models are of intrinsic interest
  • There has been increased interest in the possibility of tuning couplings

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Motivation

with a magnetic underlayer (Kempinger et al., arXiv:2104.00126)

  • Artificial spin systems can be (surprisingly) well modeled by Ising Hamiltonians
  • The resulting models are of intrinsic interest
  • There has been increased interest in the possibility of tuning couplings

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with a magnetic underlayer (Kempinger et al., arXiv:2104.00126)

With chirally coupled nanomagnets

Luo et al., Science 363, 1435-1439 (2019)

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Motivation

  • Artificial spin systems can be (surprisingly) well modeled by Ising Hamiltonians
  • The resulting models are of intrinsic interest
  • There has been increased interest in the possibility of tuning couplings

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with a magnetic underlayer (Kempinger et al., arXiv:2104.00126)

With chirally coupled nanomagnets

Luo et al., Science 363, 1435-1439 (2019)

Motivation

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Chirally coupled nanomagnets

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Luo et al., Science 363, 1435-1439 (2019)

Chirally coupled nanomagnets...

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Pt(6 nm)/Co(1.6 nm)/Al(2 nm)

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Dzyaloshinskii-Moryia interaction

  • Here : interfacial DMI

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Chirally coupled nanomagnets...

Luo et al., Science 363, 1435-1439 (2019)

Pt(6 nm)/Co(1.6 nm)/Al(2 nm)

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Chirally coupled nanomagnets...

Luo et al., Science 363, 1435-1439 (2019)

Pt(6 nm)/Co(1.6 nm)/Al(2 nm)

The magnetic anisotropy is controlled by the oxidization of the Co/Al interface

(the in-plane regions are protected and the out-of-plane regions are oxidized)

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The magnetic anisotropy is controlled by the oxidization of the Co/Al interface

(the in-plane regions are protected and the out-of-plane regions are oxidized)

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Chirally coupled nanomagnets...

Luo et al., Science 363, 1435-1439 (2019)

Pt(6 nm)/Co(1.6 nm)/Al(2 nm)

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Chirally coupled nanomagnets...

Luo et al., Science 363, 1435-1439 (2019)

Pt(6 nm)/Co(1.6 nm)/Al(2 nm)

Result : an effective antiferromagnetic nearest neighbour coupling for the out-of-plane (OOP) regions

 (MFM image)

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... on the kagome lattice...

Chirally coupled nanomagnets...

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Luo et al., Science 363, 1435-1439 (2019)

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Effective model

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... interaction strengths

JC, Hofhuis, Luo et al., PRB 104, 024418 (2021)

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Chirally coupled nanomagnets...

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... interaction strengths

JC, Hofhuis, Luo et al., PRB 104, 024418 (2021)

SEM

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Chirally coupled nanomagnets...

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... interaction strengths

JC, Hofhuis, Luo et al., PRB 104, 024418 (2021)

SEM

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Chirally coupled nanomagnets...

OOP

IP

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... interaction strengths

JC, Hofhuis, Luo et al., PRB 104, 024418 (2021)

SEM

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Chirally coupled nanomagnets...

It is far from obvious what the long-range effective model should be!

OOP

IP

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... interaction strengths

JC, Hofhuis, Luo et al., PRB 104, 024418 (2021)

SEM

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Chirally coupled nanomagnets...

  • Effective model for the OOP spins on a 5-sites island

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... interaction strengths

JC, Hofhuis, Luo et al., PRB 104, 024418 (2021)

SEM

  • Effective model for the OOP spins on a 5-sites island
  • Systematic micromagnetic simulations assuming that the IP region takes the configuration of minimal energy

Chirally coupled nanomagnets...

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... interaction strengths

JC, Hofhuis, Luo et al., PRB 104, 024418 (2021)

  • Effective model for the OOP spins on a 5-sites island
  • Systematic micromagnetic simulations assuming that the IP region takes the configuration of minimal energy

Chirally coupled nanomagnets...

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... interaction strengths

JC, Hofhuis, Luo et al., PRB 104, 024418 (2021)

  • Effective model for the OOP spins on a 5-sites island
  • Systematic micromagnetic simulations assuming that the IP region takes the configuration of minimal energy

Chirally coupled nanomagnets...

\frac{J_1}{J_1^{\text{dip}}} \cong 8.7 \pm 0.1

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... interaction strengths

JC, Hofhuis, Luo et al., PRB 104, 024418 (2021)

  • Effective model for the OOP spins on a 5-sites island
  • Systematic micromagnetic simulations assuming that the IP region takes the configuration of minimal energy

Chirally coupled nanomagnets...

\frac{J_1}{J_1^{\text{dip}}} \cong 8.7 \pm 0.1
\frac{J_2}{J_2^{\text{dip}}} \cong 1.67 \pm 0.01

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... interaction strengths

JC, Hofhuis, Luo et al., PRB 104, 024418 (2021)

Chirally coupled nanomagnets...

  • Effective model for the OOP spins on a 5-sites island
  • Systematic micromagnetic simulations assuming that the IP region takes the configuration of minimal energy
\frac{J_1}{J_1^{\text{dip}}} \cong 8.7 \pm 0.1
\frac{J_2}{J_2^{\text{dip}}} \cong 1.67 \pm 0.01
\frac{J_{3||}}{J_{3||}^{\text{dip}}} \cong 1.12 \pm 0.01

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... interaction strengths

JC, Hofhuis, Luo et al., PRB 104, 024418 (2021)

Chirally coupled nanomagnets...

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... interaction strengths

JC, Hofhuis, Luo et al., PRB 104, 024418 (2021)

Chirally coupled nanomagnets...

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... interaction strengths

JC, Hofhuis, Luo et al., PRB 104, 024418 (2021)

Chirally coupled nanomagnets...

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... interaction strengths

JC, Hofhuis, Luo et al., PRB 104, 024418 (2021)

Chirally coupled nanomagnets...

Farther-neighbor to nearest-neighbor couplings ratios are much smaller than in the dipolar case!

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... Results.

JC, Hofhuis, Luo et al., PRB 104, 024418 (2021)

Chirally coupled nanomagnets...

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MFM

AFM

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... Results.

JC, Hofhuis, Luo et al., PRB 104, 024418 (2021)

Chirally coupled nanomagnets...

MFM

x 20

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  • An overall up magnetization : criterion 1
  • 10% to 15% of ferromagnetic triangles (not respecting the 2-up 1-down, 2-down 1-up rule) : criterion 2

... Results.

Chirally coupled nanomagnets...

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JC, Hofhuis, Luo et al., PRB 104, 024418 (2021)

m = 0.19 \pm 0.05

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... Results.

Chirally coupled nanomagnets...

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JC, Hofhuis, Luo et al., PRB 104, 024418 (2021)

  • An overall up magnetization : criterion 1
  • 10% to 15% of ferromagnetic triangles (not respecting the 2-up 1-down, 2-down 1-up rule) : criterion 2

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Short-range spin-spin correlations

... Results.

Chirally coupled nanomagnets...

JC, Hofhuis, Luo et al., PRB 104, 024418 (2021)

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Short-range spin-spin correlations

... Results.

Chirally coupled nanomagnets...

JC, Hofhuis, Luo et al., PRB 104, 024418 (2021)

c_k = \langle \sigma_i \sigma_j \rangle_k - \langle \sigma_i \rangle \langle \sigma_j \rangle

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Short-range spin-spin correlations

... Results.

Chirally coupled nanomagnets...

JC, Hofhuis, Luo et al., PRB 104, 024418 (2021)

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Short-range spin-spin correlations

|c_1| > c_{3||} \gtrsim 2c_2

... Results.

Chirally coupled nanomagnets...

JC, Hofhuis, Luo et al., PRB 104, 024418 (2021)

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Short-range spin-spin correlations

|c_1| > c_{3||} \gtrsim 2c_2

... Results.

Chirally coupled nanomagnets...

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JC, Hofhuis, Luo et al., PRB 104, 024418 (2021)

criterion 3

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Can our effective model describe these results?

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Can our effective model describe these results?

Not really...

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Can our effective model describe these results?

Not really...

... but we can learn a lot about the impact of the couplings on the correlations

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Towards the J1-J2-J3||-h model

Monte Carlo : Rakala, Damle, PRE 96 (2017)

 Tensor Networks : Vanhecke, JC, et al. PRR 3 (2021)

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1. The nearest-neighbor model in a field

JC, Hofhuis, Luo et al., PRB 104, 024418 (2021)

See also: Sejman, Zukovic, Acta Phys. Pol. A 137, 622 (2020)

Loh, Yao, Carlson, Phys. Rev. B 77, 134402 (2008)

Li et al., Phys. Rev. B 82, 134434 (2010)

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1. The nearest-neighbor model in a field

JC, Hofhuis, Luo et al., PRB 104, 024418 (2021)

See also: Sejman, Zukovic, Acta Phys. Pol. A 137, 622 (2020)

Loh, Yao, Carlson, Phys. Rev. B 77, 134402 (2008)

Li et al., Phys. Rev. B 82, 134434 (2010)

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NN

2-up 1-down, 2-down 1-up rule

m = 0

1. The nearest-neighbor model in a field

JC, Hofhuis, Luo et al., PRB 104, 024418 (2021)

See also: Sejman, Zukovic, Acta Phys. Pol. A 137, 622 (2020)

Loh, Yao, Carlson, Phys. Rev. B 77, 134402 (2008)

Li et al., Phys. Rev. B 82, 134434 (2010)

S = 0.501833...

Kano, Naya, Prog. Theor. Phys.  10, 158 (1953)

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NN

2-up 1-down rule

Moessner, Sondhi

PRB 63, 224401 (2001)

m = 1/3, S = S_{\text{TLIAF}}

JC, Hofhuis, Luo et al., PRB 104, 024418 (2021)

See also: Sejman, Zukovic, Acta Phys. Pol. A 137, 622 (2020)

Loh, Yao, Carlson, Phys. Rev. B 77, 134402 (2008)

Li et al., Phys. Rev. B 82, 134434 (2010)

1. The nearest-neighbor model in a field

m = 1/3, S = S_{\text{TLIAF}}

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m = 0.59966(2)

First-order PT

1. The nearest-neighbor model in a field

JC, Hofhuis, Luo et al., PRB 104, 024418 (2021)

See also: Sejman, Zukovic, Acta Phys. Pol. A 137, 622 (2020)

Loh, Yao, Carlson, Phys. Rev. B 77, 134402 (2008)

Li et al., Phys. Rev. B 82, 134434 (2010)

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m = 1

1. The nearest-neighbor model in a field

JC, Hofhuis, Luo et al., PRB 104, 024418 (2021)

See also: Sejman, Zukovic, Acta Phys. Pol. A 137, 622 (2020)

Loh, Yao, Carlson, Phys. Rev. B 77, 134402 (2008)

Li et al., Phys. Rev. B 82, 134434 (2010)

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1. The nearest-neighbor model in a field

JC, Hofhuis, Luo et al., PRB 104, 024418 (2021)

See also: Sejman, Zukovic, Acta Phys. Pol. A 137, 622 (2020)

Loh, Yao, Carlson, Phys. Rev. B 77, 134402 (2008)

Li et al., Phys. Rev. B 82, 134434 (2010)

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1. The nearest-neighbor model in a field

JC, Hofhuis, Luo et al., PRB 104, 024418 (2021)

See also: Sejman, Zukovic, Acta Phys. Pol. A 137, 622 (2020)

Loh, Yao, Carlson, Phys. Rev. B 77, 134402 (2008)

Li et al., Phys. Rev. B 82, 134434 (2010)

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1. The nearest-neighbor model in a field

JC, Hofhuis, Luo et al., PRB 104, 024418 (2021)

See also: Sejman, Zukovic, Acta Phys. Pol. A 137, 622 (2020)

Loh, Yao, Carlson, Phys. Rev. B 77, 134402 (2008)

Li et al., Phys. Rev. B 82, 134434 (2010)

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1. The nearest-neighbor model in a field

JC, Hofhuis, Luo et al., PRB 104, 024418 (2021)

See also: Sejman, Zukovic, Acta Phys. Pol. A 137, 622 (2020)

Loh, Yao, Carlson, Phys. Rev. B 77, 134402 (2008)

Li et al., Phys. Rev. B 82, 134434 (2010)

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2. The next-nearest neighbor model

JC, Hofhuis, Luo et al., PRB 104, 024418 (2021)

See also: Takagi, Mekata, J.Phys. Soc. Jpn. 62, 3943 (1993)

Wills, Ballou, Lacroix, PRB 66, 144407 (2002)

Chern, Tchernyshyov, P. Trans. R. Soc. A 370, 5718 (2012)

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2. The next-nearest neighbor model

JC, Hofhuis, Luo et al., PRB 104, 024418 (2021)

See also: Takagi, Mekata, J.Phys. Soc. Jpn. 62, 3943 (1993)

Wills, Ballou, Lacroix, PRB 66, 144407 (2002)

Chern, Tchernyshyov, P. Trans. R. Soc. A 370, 5718 (2012)

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2. The next-nearest neighbor model

JC, Hofhuis, Luo et al., PRB 104, 024418 (2021)

See also: Takagi, Mekata, J.Phys. Soc. Jpn. 62, 3943 (1993)

Wills, Ballou, Lacroix, PRB 66, 144407 (2002)

Chern, Tchernyshyov, P. Trans. R. Soc. A 370, 5718 (2012)

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NN g.s. physics?

2. The next-nearest neighbor model

JC, Hofhuis, Luo et al., PRB 104, 024418 (2021)

See also: Takagi, Mekata, J.Phys. Soc. Jpn. 62, 3943 (1993)

Wills, Ballou, Lacroix, PRB 66, 144407 (2002)

Chern, Tchernyshyov, P. Trans. R. Soc. A 370, 5718 (2012)

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2. The next-nearest neighbor model

JC, Hofhuis, Luo et al., PRB 104, 024418 (2021)

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In the g.s. the selected correlations are very different from the nearest neighbor model (J2 ice rule)

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2. The next-nearest neighbor model

JC, Hofhuis, Luo et al., PRB 104, 024418 (2021)

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But if J2 is small enough the temperature can restore the correlations from the NN ground state

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2. The next-nearest neighbor model

JC, Hofhuis, Luo et al., PRB 104, 024418 (2021)

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However, not for J2 > 1%J1

2. The next-nearest neighbor model

JC, Hofhuis, Luo et al., PRB 104, 024418 (2021)

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JC, Hofhuis, Luo et al., PRB 104, 024418 (2021)

2. The next-nearest neighbor model

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JC, Hofhuis, Luo et al., PRB 104, 024418 (2021)

2. The next-nearest neighbor model

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JC, Hofhuis, Luo et al., PRB 104, 024418 (2021)

2. The next-nearest neighbor model

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3. Magnetization plateaus in the ground state

of the J1-J2-J3|| model in a field

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3. Magnetization plateaus in the ground state

of the J1-J2-J3|| model in a field

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J_1, J_2 \text{ model }

3. Magnetization plateaus in the ground state

of the J1-J2-J3|| model in a field

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3. Magnetization plateaus in the ground state

of the J1-J2-J3|| model in a field

Stripe long-range order

m = 1

JC, Hofhuis, Luo et al., PRB 104, 024418 (2021)

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3. Magnetization plateaus in the ground state

of the J1-J2-J3|| model in a field

JC, Hofhuis, Luo et al., PRB 104, 024418 (2021)

The ground state still has a macroscopic degeneracy!

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JC, Hofhuis, Luo et al., PRB 104, 024418 (2021)

\text{Magnetization plateaus at } J_{3||} < J_2

3. Magnetization plateaus in the ground state

of the J1-J2-J3|| model in a field

Tokushuku, Mizoguchi, Udagawa, J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 89, 053708, (2020)

m = 1/3, S = S_{\text{TLIAF}}/3
m = 17/27, S \geq \frac{1}{27} \ln (3)
m = 1/9, S \cong 0.12
m = 5/9, S \geq \frac{1}{27} \ln (2)
m = 1

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Can our effective model describe the experimental results?

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Can our effective model describe the experimental results?

J_1 - J_2 -J_{3||}

from micromagnetics

+ a magnetic field to account for the magnetization

Results

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We recover our magnetization plateaus in the ground state

Results

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We recover a similar behaviour as in the J1 model w.r.t. the plateau

Results

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Results

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Region of fields and temperatures where the experimental magnetization matches the numerical results

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Comparison in field and temperature

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J_1 - J_2 -J_{3||}

from micromagnetics

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1. Overall magnetization

 

Comparison in field and temperature

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J_1 - J_2 -J_{3||}

from micromagnetics

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1. Overall magnetization

2. Ratio of ferromagnetic triangles

Comparison in field and temperature

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J_1 - J_2 -J_{3||}

from micromagnetics

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1. Overall magnetization

2. Ratio of ferromagnetic triangles

3. Order of the farther-neighbour correlations

Comparison in field and temperature

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J_1 - J_2 -J_{3||}

from micromagnetics

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1. Overall magnetization

2. Ratio of ferromagnetic triangles

3. Order of the farther-neighbour correlations

Comparison in field and temperature

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We recover our magnetization plateaus in the ground state

J_1 - J_2 -J_{3||}

from micromagnetics

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1. Overall magnetization

2. Ratio of ferromagnetic triangles

3. Order of the farther-neighbour correlations

Comparison in field and temperature

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J_1 - J_2 -J_{3||}

from micromagnetics

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1. Overall magnetization

2. Ratio of ferromagnetic triangles

3. Order of the farther-neighbour correlations

Comparison in field and temperature

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J_1 - J_2 -J_{3||}

from micromagnetics

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1. Overall magnetization

2. Ratio of ferromagnetic triangles

3. Order of the farther-neighbor correlations

Comparison in field and temperature

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1. Overall magnetization

2. Ratio of ferromagnetic triangles

3. Order of the farther-neighbor correlations

Comparison in field and temperature

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1. Overall magnetization

2. Ratio of ferromagnetic triangles

3. Order of the farther-neighbor correlations

Comparison in field and temperature

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1. Overall magnetization

2. Ratio of ferromagnetic triangles

3. Order of the farther-neighbor correlations

Comparison in field and temperature

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Conclusions

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  • Chirally coupled nanomagnets create very strong nearest-neighbor antiferromagnetic couplings

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Conclusions

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  • Chirally coupled nanomagnets create very strong nearest-neighbor antiferromagnetic couplings
  • Yet farther-neighbor couplings cannot be neglected even at finite temperature and even when they are as small as 2% of the nearest-neighbor couplings

 

 

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Conclusions

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  • Chirally coupled nanomagnets create very strong nearest-neighbor antiferromagnetic couplings
  • Yet farther-neighbor couplings cannot be neglected even at finite temperature and even when they are as small as 2% of the nearest-neighbor couplings

 

  • We present numerical results for the J1-J2-J3||-h model in a field based on MC and TN simulations

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Conclusions

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  • Chirally coupled nanomagnets create very strong nearest-neighbor antiferromagnetic couplings
  • Yet farther-neighbor couplings cannot be neglected even at finite temperature and even when they are as small as 2% of the nearest-neighbor couplings

 

  • We present numerical results for the J1-J2-J3||-h model in a field based on MC and TN simulations
  • It is a first step (no full quantitative picture of the experiments)

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Outlook

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  • Long-range effective model?
  • Role of disorder in the couplings?

OASIS session 7 - 23.08.2021 - Jeanne Colbois

Outlook

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  • Long-range effective model?
  • Role of disorder in the couplings?

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Outlook

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  • Long-range effective model?
  • Role of disorder in the couplings?
  • Experimental observation of the IP configurations to validate the effective model?
  • Design with a triangular hole to reduce the farther-neighbor couplings?

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Acknowledgments

Kevin Hofhuis

Zhaochu Luo, Ales Hrabec, Xueqiao Wang, Laura Heyderman, Frédéric Mila

Thank you for your attention!

Bram Vanhecke, Laurens Vanderstraeten, Andrew Smerald, Frank Verstraete, Patrick Emonts, Mithilesh Nayak, Natalia Chepiga

And the Centro de ciencias de Benasque Pedro Pascual

Discussions:

Collaborators:

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Results : order of the correlations

There is the region where the correlations are again in the order corresponding to the NN model (thanks to the field!)

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Results : order of the correlations

There is the region where the correlations are again in the order corresponding to the NN model (thanks to the field!)

Nearest-neighbor model in a field

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Numerical techniques

Monte Carlo simulations

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Numerical techniques

Monte Carlo simulations

Monte Carlo simulations

In zero field

  • "myopic worm" loop update
  • single spin flip
  • parallel tempering

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Numerical techniques

Monte Carlo simulations

Monte Carlo simulations

In zero field

  • "myopic worm" loop update
  • single spin flip
  • parallel tempering

Rakala, Damle, PRE 96,023304 (2017)

In a field

  • single spin flip
  • parallel tempering

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A few words about tensor networks

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Nearest-neighbor model in zero field

... and a benchmark ...

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Nearest-neighbor model in zero field

... and a benchmark ...

1. Overall magnetization

2. Ratio of ferromagnetic triangles

3. Order of the farther-neighbor correlations

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Nearest-neighbor model in zero field

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... and a benchmark ...

1. Overall magnetization

2. Ratio of ferromagnetic triangles

3. Order of the farther-neighbor correlations

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Nearest-neighbor model in zero field

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... and a benchmark ...

1. Overall magnetization

2. Ratio of ferromagnetic triangles

3. Order of the farther-neighbor correlations

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Nearest-neighbor model in zero field

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... and a benchmark ...

1. Overall magnetization

2. Ratio of ferromagnetic triangles

3. Order of the farther-neighbor correlations

Barry and Khatun, Int. J. Mod. Phys. B 11, 93 (1997)

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Nearest-neighbor model in zero field

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... and a benchmark ...

1. Overall magnetization

2. Ratio of ferromagnetic triangles

3. Order of the farther-neighbor correlations

JC, Hofhuis, Luo et al., PRB 104, 024418 (2021)

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Nearest-neighbor model in zero field

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... and a benchmark ...

1. Overall magnetization

2. Ratio of ferromagnetic triangles

3. Order of the farther-neighbor correlations

JC, Hofhuis, Luo et al., PRB 104, 024418 (2021)

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Nearest-neighbor model in zero field

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... and a benchmark ...

1. Overall magnetization

2. Ratio of ferromagnetic triangles

3. Order of the farther-neighbor correlations

JC, Hofhuis, Luo et al., PRB 104, 024418 (2021)

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Nearest-neighbor in a field

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Lifting the ground state degeneracy (partially!)

h/J_1

0

4

\text{Nearest neighbour model : }\\ S = 0.501833...\\ \xi = 1.250559...

Verified with TN

NN

2-up 1-down, 2-down 1-up rule

Kano, Naya,

Prog. Theor. Phys 10, 158 (1953)

Apel, Everts,

J. Stat. Mech. 2011, 09002, (2011)

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Nearest-neighbor in a field

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Lifting the ground state degeneracy (partially!)

h/J_1

0

4

NN

2-up 1-down rule

Charge order

NN

2-up 1-down, 2-down 1-up rule

m = \frac{1}{3}\\ S = S_{\text{TLIAF}}/3

Moessner, Sondhi

PRB 63, 224401 (2001)

Verified with TN

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Nearest-neighbor in a field

For a relatively large field and temperature, we explain the vertex populations ...

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1. Overall magnetization

2. Ratio of ferromagnetic triangles

3. Order of the farther-neighbor correlations

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Nearest-neighbor in a field

For a relatively large field and temperature, we explain the vertex populations ...

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1. Overall magnetization

2. Ratio of ferromagnetic triangles

3. Order of the farther-neighbor correlations

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Nearest-neighbor in a field

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1. Overall magnetization

2. Ratio of ferromagnetic triangles

3. Order of the farther-neighbor correlations

... but not the descending order of the correlations

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Nearest-neighbor in a field

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1. Overall magnetization

2. Ratio of ferromagnetic triangles

3. Order of the farther-neighbor correlations

... but not the descending order of the correlations

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1. Overall magnetization

2. Ratio of ferromagnetic triangles

3. Order of the farther-neighbor correlations

Comparison in field and temperature

Disorder in coupling strengths pinning ice-rule breaking triangles?

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1. Overall magnetization

2. Ratio of ferromagnetic triangles

3. Order of the farther-neighbor correlations

Demagnetization protocol switching domains of a certain size (e.g. five OOP sites), preserving the ratio of ferromagnetic triangles while reducing the magnetization and the correlations?

Comparison in field and temperature

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1. Overall magnetization

2. Ratio of ferromagnetic triangles

3. Order of the farther-neighbor correlations

Farther-neighbor couplings underestimated from the micromagnetic simulations?

An impact from even farther neighbor couplings?

Comparison in field and temperature

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