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@ARTICLE{Thoma:891615,
author = {Thoma, H. and Hutanu, V. and Deng, H. and Dmitrienko, V. E.
and Brown, P. J. and Gukasov, A. and Roth, G. and Angst, M.},
title = {{R}evealing the {A}bsolute {D}irection of the
{D}zyaloshinskii-{M}oriya {I}nteraction in {P}rototypical
{W}eak {F}erromagnets by {P}olarized {N}eutrons},
journal = {Physical review / X},
volume = {11},
number = {1},
issn = {2160-3308},
address = {College Park, Md.},
publisher = {APS},
reportid = {FZJ-2021-01626},
pages = {011060},
year = {2021},
abstract = {Polarized neutron diffraction (PND) is a powerful technique
to distinguish a weak magnetic contribution from the total
scattering intensity. It can provide a detailed insight into
the microscopic spin ordering at the unit cell level, but
also into the mesoscopic magnetic ordering, like different
types of domain populations. Here we report on the
application of this technique to the long-standing problem
of determining the absolute direction of the
Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya vector in relation to the crystal
structure. The proposed PND method, based on the measurement
of one representative reflection, is easy to perform and
straightforward to interpret. The absolute sign of the
Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI) in MnCO3 has been
independently determined by PND and found to be in agreement
with recent results obtained by resonant magnetic
synchrotron scattering. This validates the method. In
addition, the absolute DMI vector direction in the
prototypical room-temperature weak ferromagnet α-Fe2O3
(hematite) has been determined for the first time. To
demonstrate the generality of our method, further examples
with different symmetries are also presented. Ab initio
calculations of the resulting weak noncollinear
magnetization using the quantum espresso package,
considering DMI in addition to the symmetric magnetic
exchange interaction, were also conducted and found to be in
agreement with the experimental results from PND.},
cin = {JCNS-FRM-II / JCNS-2 / JARA-FIT / PGI-4 / JCNS-4 / MLZ},
ddc = {530},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)JCNS-FRM-II-20110218 /
I:(DE-Juel1)JCNS-2-20110106 / $I:(DE-82)080009_20140620$ /
I:(DE-Juel1)PGI-4-20110106 / I:(DE-Juel1)JCNS-4-20201012 /
I:(DE-588b)4597118-3},
pnm = {6G4 - Jülich Centre for Neutron Research (JCNS) (FZJ)
(POF4-6G4) / 632 - Materials – Quantum, Complex and
Functional Materials (POF4-632)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-6G4 / G:(DE-HGF)POF4-632},
experiment = {EXP:(DE-MLZ)POLI-HEIDI-20140101},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000634564900001},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevX.11.011060},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/891615},
}