TY - JOUR
AU - Krönlein, Andreas
AU - Schmitt, Martin
AU - Hoffmann, Markus
AU - Kemmer, Jeannette
AU - Seubert, Nicolai
AU - Vogt, Matthias
AU - Küspert, Julia
AU - Böhme, Markus
AU - Alonazi, Bandar
AU - Kügel, Jens
AU - Albrithen, Hamad A.
AU - Bode, Matthias
AU - Bihlmayer, Gustav
AU - Blügel, Stefan
TI - Magnetic Ground State Stabilized by Three-Site Interactions: Fe / Rh ( 111 )
JO - Physical review letters
VL - 120
IS - 20
SN - 1079-7114
CY - College Park, Md.
PB - APS
M1 - FZJ-2018-02972
SP - 207202
PY - 2018
AB - We report the direct observation of a theoretically predicted magnetic ground state in a monolayer Fe on Rh(111), which is referred to as an up-up-down-down (↑↑↓↓) double-row-wise antiferromagnetic spin structure, using spin-polarized scanning tunneling microscopy. This exotic phase, which exists in three orientational domains, is revealed by experiments with magnetic probe tips performed in external magnetic fields. It is shown that a hitherto unconsidered four-spin–three-site beyond-Heisenberg interaction distinctly contributes to the spin coupling of atoms with S≥1 spins. The observation of the ↑↑↓↓ order substantiates the presence of higher-order, in particular, three-site interactions, in thin magnetic films of itinerant magnets.
LB - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
C6 - pmid:29864328
UR - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000432992600007
DO - DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.207202
UR - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/845763
ER -