Phys. Rev. B 66, 140403(R) (2002) [4 pages]

Chiral domain walls in frustrated magnetoelastic materials

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Yu. B. Gaididei¹, A. Saxena², T. Lookman², A. R. Bishop², and H. Büttner³
¹Institute for Theoretical Physics, 252143 Kiev, Ukraine
²Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545
³Physikalisches Institut, Universität Bayreuth, D-95440 Bayreuth, Germany

Received 12 May 2002; published 28 October 2002

We analyze domain walls on a two-dimensional triangular lattice with magnetoelastic coupling and find three phases: high symmetry (H) triangular, low symmetry rectangular, and spiral. The H-phase domains correspond to spin configurations of different chirality with local lattice rotation. We discuss the consequences of the interplay between chirality and magnetoelastic frustration, specifically how the latter is relieved.

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http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.66.140403

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10.1103/PhysRevB.66.140403

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75.25.+z, 75.80.+q

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Phys. Rev. B 66, 140403(R) (2002) [4 pages]

Chiral domain walls in frustrated magnetoelastic materials