Magnetic relaxation phenomena in the chiral magnet Fe1−xCoxSi
An ac susceptibility study
L. J. Bannenberg (TU Delft - RST/Neutron and Positron Methods in Materials)
A.J.E. Lefering (TU Delft - RST/Fundamental Aspects of Materials and Energy)
K. Kakurai (RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS), CROSS Tokai)
Y. Onose (University of Tokyo)
Y. Endoh (RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS))
Y Tokura (University of Tokyo, RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS))
Catherine Pappas (TU Delft - RST/Neutron and Positron Methods in Materials)
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Abstract
We present a systematic study of the ac susceptibility of the chiral magnet Fe1−xCoxSi with x=0.30 covering four orders of magnitude in frequencies from 0.1 Hz to 1 kHz, with particular emphasis to the pronounced history dependence. Characteristic relaxation times ranging from a few milliseconds to tens of seconds are observed around the skyrmion lattice A phase, the helical-to-conical transition and in a region above TC. The distribution of relaxation frequencies around the A phase is broad, asymmetric, and originates from multiple coexisting relaxation processes. The pronounced dependence of the magnetic phase diagram on the magnetic history and cooling rates as well as the asymmetric frequency dependence and slow dynamics suggest more complicated physical phenomena in Fe0.7Co0.3Si than in other chiral magnets.