Picoscale Magnetoelasticity Governs Heterogeneous Magnetic Domains in a Noncentrosymmetric Ferromagnetic Weyl Semimetal

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2011.06168v1
• Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2020 02:26:07 GMT
• Title: Picoscale Magnetoelasticity Governs Heterogeneous Magnetic Domains in a Noncentrosymmetric Ferromagnetic Weyl Semimetal
• Authors: Bochao Xu, Jacob Franklin, Hung-Yu Yang, Fazel Tafti and Ilya Sochnikov
• Abstract summary: We use a scanning SQUID microscope to image spontaneous magnetization and magnetic susceptibility of CeAlSi. metastable domains embody a type of frustrated or glassy magnetic phase, with excitations that may be of an emergent and exotic nature. We show how these domains form, how they interact, and how they can be manipulated or stabilized with estimated lattice strains on picometer levels.
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• Abstract: Magnetic Weyl semimetals are predicted to host emergent electromagnetic fields at heterogeneous strained phases or at the magnetic domain walls. Tunability and control of the topological and magnetic properties is crucial for revealing these phenomena, which are not well understood or fully realized yet. Here, we use a scanning SQUID microscope to image spontaneous magnetization and magnetic susceptibility of CeAlSi, a noncentrosymmetric ferromagnetic Weyl semimetal candidate. We observe large metastable domains alongside stable ferromagnetic domains. The metastable domains most likely embody a type of frustrated or glassy magnetic phase, with excitations that may be of an emergent and exotic nature. We find evidence that the heterogeneity of the two types of domains arises from magnetoelastic or magnetostriction effects. We show how these domains form, how they interact, and how they can be manipulated or stabilized with estimated lattice strains on picometer levels. CeAlSi is a frontier material for straintronics in correlated topological systems.

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