2019
DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.99.174439
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Observation of orbital angular momentum in the chiral magnet CrNb3S6 by soft x-ray magnetic circular dichroism

Abstract: The chiral magnet CrNb3S6 with its solitonic objects has novel magnetic and transport properties, in which the spin-orbit coupling (SOC) plays a central role. Aiming to address the possible existence of orbital moments driven by SOC, we perform soft x-ray magnetic circular dichroism spectroscopy at the Cr L2,3 edges with in-plane magnetization. The dichroic signals provide direct experimental evidence that the Cr orbital magnetic moment is not quenched and is coupled antiparallel to the spin counterpart. Appli… Show more

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“…The Figure 4 shows the total density of states. As can be seen, the profiles of DOS for P 6 3 /mmc and P 6 3 22-I crystal structures are very similar and agree well with those reported previously [6], [11]- [14]. For all systems Se 4p (highlighted by gray) and Nb 4d (highlighted by violet) states are located mainly in the energy intervals [−7:−2] and [−2:3] eV, respectively.…”
Section: Electronic Structuresupporting
confidence: 88%
“…The Figure 4 shows the total density of states. As can be seen, the profiles of DOS for P 6 3 /mmc and P 6 3 22-I crystal structures are very similar and agree well with those reported previously [6], [11]- [14]. For all systems Se 4p (highlighted by gray) and Nb 4d (highlighted by violet) states are located mainly in the energy intervals [−7:−2] and [−2:3] eV, respectively.…”
Section: Electronic Structuresupporting
confidence: 88%
“…(1) is the asymmetry of the orbital angular momentum due to the non-symmetric (chiral) electric field in the solid, which is coupled with the spin angular momentum, resulting in a chiral spin order. 18 This is the DM interaction itself. This has recently been confirmed by synchrotron radiation experiments.…”
Section: Conclusion and Future Perspectivementioning
confidence: 99%
“…As the Cr atom plays a role of the bridge between the well-separated NbS 2 layers, all interlayer electronic transport occurs via the Cr atom. In this material, the local symmetry around Cr is D 3 and its 3d-orbitals split into e, a 1 and e ′ orbitals [29]. Here as the orbital e has d x 2 −y 2 /d xy symmetries and the orbital a 1 has d 3z 2 −r 2 symmetry, the interband transition of the d-electron by optical vortices via the dipole interaction is allowed for (l, s) = (±1, ±1) (see figure 1(c)) [30].…”
Section: Modelmentioning
confidence: 99%