title: Chiral magnetic soliton lattice on a chiral helimagnet.
abstract: Using Lorenz microscopy and small-angle electron diffraction, we directly present that the chiral magnetic soliton lattice (CSL) continuously evolves from a chiral helimagnetic structure in small magnetic fields in Cr(1/3)NbS2. An incommensurate CSL undergoes a phase transition to a commensurate ferromagnetic state at the critical field strength. The period of a CSL, which exerts an effective potential for itinerant spins, is tuned by simply changing the field strength. Chiral magnetic orders observed do not exhibit any structural dislocation, indicating their high stability and robustness in Cr(1/3)NbS2.
authors.affiliation: N2RC, Osaka Prefecture University, 1-2 Gakuencho, Sakai, Osaka 599-8570, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Togawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Koyama
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takayanagi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kousaka
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Akimitsu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nishihara
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Ovchinnikov
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kishine
mesh_terms: D017608:Chromium Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D003460:Crystallization; D060526:Magnetic Fields; D059346:Magnets / Q000737:chemistry*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D009556:Niobium / Q000737:chemistry; D053838:Scattering, Small Angle; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D013440:Sulfides / Q000737:chemistry; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
chemical_list: D017608:Chromium Compounds; D013440:Sulfides; D009556:Niobium