001032536 001__ 1032536 001032536 005__ 20250812102644.0 001032536 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.58160/EXFEGUR3WV777F1K 001032536 037__ $$aFZJ-2024-06324 001032536 041__ $$aen 001032536 1001_ $$0P:(DE-HGF)0$$aHärtl, Patrick$$b0 001032536 245__ $$aSpin Spiral State at a Ferromagnetic Gd Vacuum Interface 001032536 260__ $$bUniversity of Würzburg$$c2024 001032536 3367_ $$2BibTeX$$aMISC 001032536 3367_ $$0PUB:(DE-HGF)32$$2PUB:(DE-HGF)$$aDataset$$bdataset$$mdataset$$s1754987130_30977 001032536 3367_ $$026$$2EndNote$$aChart or Table 001032536 3367_ $$2DataCite$$aDataset 001032536 3367_ $$2ORCID$$aDATA_SET 001032536 3367_ $$2DINI$$aResearchData 001032536 520__ $$aCentrosymmetric bulk magnets made of layered Gd intermetallics had been discovered recently to exhibit helical spin spirals with a wavelength of ≈2 nm that transform into skyrmion lattices at certain magnetic fields. Here we report on the observation of a spin spiral state at the Gd(0001) surface. Spinpolarized scanning tunneling microscopy images show striped regions with a periodicity of about 2 nm. These stripes rearrange upon application of an external magnetic field, thereby unambiguously confirming their magnetic origin. Density functional theory calculations explain that competing exchange interactions in the surface layer of Gd(0001) together with a magnetovolume fine-tuning of the exchange interaction to the next Gd layer favor a chiral 2 nm conical spin spiral at the surface, arising as a general behavior of the Gd monolayer. 001032536 536__ $$0G:(DE-HGF)POF4-5211$$a5211 - Topological Matter (POF4-521)$$cPOF4-521$$fPOF IV$$x0 001032536 536__ $$0G:(GEPRIS)319898210$$aSFB 1238 C01 - Strukturinversionsasymmetrische Materie und Spin-Orbit-Phänomene mittels ab initio (C01) (319898210)$$c319898210$$x1 001032536 536__ $$0G:(GEPRIS)510676484$$aDFG project G:(GEPRIS)510676484 - Spinstruktur dünner Seltenerdmetall-Filme (510676484)$$c510676484$$x2 001032536 536__ $$0G:(GEPRIS)390858490$$aDFG project G:(GEPRIS)390858490 - EXC 2147: Komplexität und Topologie in Quantenmaterialien (CT.QMAT) (390858490)$$c390858490$$x3 001032536 588__ $$aDataset connected to DataCite 001032536 650_7 $$2Other$$aPhysics 001032536 650_7 $$2Other$$aSpin-polarized scanning tunneling microscopy 001032536 650_7 $$2Other$$aRare-earth magnetic materials 001032536 650_7 $$2Other$$aSpin Reorientation Transition 001032536 650_7 $$2Other$$aDensity functional theory 001032536 650_7 $$2Other$$aMagnetic interactions 001032536 650_7 $$2Other$$aExchange interaction 001032536 650_7 $$2Other$$aFerromagnetism 001032536 7001_ $$0P:(DE-HGF)0$$aBode, Matthias$$b1 001032536 7001_ $$0P:(DE-Juel1)130548$$aBlügel, Stefan$$b2 001032536 7001_ $$0P:(DE-HGF)0$$aHärtl, Patrick$$b3 001032536 7001_ $$0P:(DE-HGF)0$$aLeisegang, Markus$$b4 001032536 7001_ $$0P:(DE-Juel1)130545$$aBihlmayer, Gustav$$b5 001032536 7001_ $$0P:(DE-HGF)0$$aVogt, Matthias$$b6 001032536 7001_ $$0P:(DE-HGF)0$$aLeisegang, Markus$$b7 001032536 7001_ $$0P:(DE-Juel1)130545$$aBihlmayer, Gustav$$b8 001032536 7001_ $$0P:(DE-Juel1)130548$$aBlügel, Stefan$$b9 001032536 7001_ $$0P:(DE-HGF)0$$aBode, Matthias$$b10 001032536 773__ $$a10.58160/EXFEGUR3WV777F1K 001032536 909CO $$ooai:juser.fz-juelich.de:1032536$$pVDB 001032536 9101_ $$0I:(DE-HGF)0$$6P:(DE-HGF)0$$a Universität Würzburg $$b0 001032536 9101_ $$0I:(DE-HGF)0$$6P:(DE-HGF)0$$a Universität Würzburg $$b1 001032536 9101_ $$0I:(DE-588b)5008462-8$$6P:(DE-Juel1)130548$$aForschungszentrum Jülich$$b2$$kFZJ 001032536 9101_ $$0I:(DE-HGF)0$$6P:(DE-HGF)0$$a Universität Würzburg $$b3 001032536 9101_ $$0I:(DE-HGF)0$$6P:(DE-HGF)0$$a Universität Würzburg $$b4 001032536 9101_ $$0I:(DE-588b)5008462-8$$6P:(DE-Juel1)130545$$aForschungszentrum Jülich$$b5$$kFZJ 001032536 9101_ $$0I:(DE-HGF)0$$6P:(DE-HGF)0$$a Universität Würzburg $$b6 001032536 9101_ $$0I:(DE-HGF)0$$6P:(DE-HGF)0$$a Universität Würzburg $$b7 001032536 9101_ $$0I:(DE-588b)5008462-8$$6P:(DE-Juel1)130545$$aForschungszentrum Jülich$$b8$$kFZJ 001032536 9101_ $$0I:(DE-588b)5008462-8$$6P:(DE-Juel1)130548$$aForschungszentrum Jülich$$b9$$kFZJ 001032536 9101_ $$0I:(DE-HGF)0$$6P:(DE-HGF)0$$a Universität Würzburg $$b10 001032536 9131_ $$0G:(DE-HGF)POF4-521$$1G:(DE-HGF)POF4-520$$2G:(DE-HGF)POF4-500$$3G:(DE-HGF)POF4$$4G:(DE-HGF)POF$$9G:(DE-HGF)POF4-5211$$aDE-HGF$$bKey Technologies$$lNatural, Artificial and Cognitive Information Processing$$vQuantum Materials$$x0 001032536 9141_ $$y2024 001032536 920__ $$lyes 001032536 9201_ $$0I:(DE-Juel1)PGI-1-20110106$$kPGI-1$$lQuanten-Theorie der Materialien$$x0 001032536 980__ $$adataset 001032536 980__ $$aVDB 001032536 980__ $$aI:(DE-Juel1)PGI-1-20110106 001032536 980__ $$aUNRESTRICTED