Formation of a magnetic soliton lattice in copper metaborate.
The magnetic ground state of CuB2O4 is incommensurate at T = 1.8 K and undergoes a continuous phase transition to a noncollinear commensurate antiferromagnetic state at T(small star), filled approximately 10 K. Close to T(small star), filled higher-order magnetic satellites are observed. Coexistence of long- and short-range magnetic order is observed in both magnetic phases. This suggests that the association of the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction and anisotropy leads to the formation of a magnetic soliton lattice.
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Laboratory for Neutron Scattering, ETH Zurich & Paul Scherrer Institue, Villigen PSI, Switzerland.
Schefer
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Petrakovskii
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Ouladdiaf
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Boehm
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Staub
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Vorotinov
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Bezmaternikh
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