Easy axis antiferromagnets are robust against external magnetic fields of moderate strength. Spin reorientations in strong fields can provide insight into more subtle properties of antiferromagnetic materials, which are often hidden by their high ground-state symmetry. Here, we investigate theoretically effects of curvature in ring-shaped antiferromagnetic achiral anisotropic spin chains in strong magnetic fields. We identify the geometry-governed helimagnetic phase transition above the spin-flop field between vortex and onion states. The curvature-induced Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interaction results in the spin-flop transition being of first or second order, depending on the ring curvature. Spatial inhomogeneity of the Néel vector in the spin-flop phase generates weak ferromagnetic response in the plane perpendicular to the applied magnetic field. Our paper contributes to the understanding of the physics of curvilinear antiferromagnets in magnetic fields and guides prospective experimental studies of geometrical effects relying on spin-chain-based nanomagnets
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Field-induced spin reorientation transitions in antiferromagnetic ring-shaped spin chains
%0 Journal Article
%1 PhysRevB.106.174426
%A Borysenko, Yelyzaveta A.
%A Sheka, Denis D.
%A Fassbender, Jürgen
%A van den Brink, Jeroen
%A Makarov, Denys
%A Pylypovskyi, Oleksandr V.
%D 2022
%I American Physical Society
%J Phys. Rev. B
%K a b
%N 17
%P 174426
%R 10.1103/PhysRevB.106.174426
%T Field-induced spin reorientation transitions in antiferromagnetic ring-shaped spin chains
%U https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.106.174426
%V 106
%X Easy axis antiferromagnets are robust against external magnetic fields of moderate strength. Spin reorientations in strong fields can provide insight into more subtle properties of antiferromagnetic materials, which are often hidden by their high ground-state symmetry. Here, we investigate theoretically effects of curvature in ring-shaped antiferromagnetic achiral anisotropic spin chains in strong magnetic fields. We identify the geometry-governed helimagnetic phase transition above the spin-flop field between vortex and onion states. The curvature-induced Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interaction results in the spin-flop transition being of first or second order, depending on the ring curvature. Spatial inhomogeneity of the Néel vector in the spin-flop phase generates weak ferromagnetic response in the plane perpendicular to the applied magnetic field. Our paper contributes to the understanding of the physics of curvilinear antiferromagnets in magnetic fields and guides prospective experimental studies of geometrical effects relying on spin-chain-based nanomagnets
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abstract = {Easy axis antiferromagnets are robust against external magnetic fields of moderate strength. Spin reorientations in strong fields can provide insight into more subtle properties of antiferromagnetic materials, which are often hidden by their high ground-state symmetry. Here, we investigate theoretically effects of curvature in ring-shaped antiferromagnetic achiral anisotropic spin chains in strong magnetic fields. We identify the geometry-governed helimagnetic phase transition above the spin-flop field between vortex and onion states. The curvature-induced Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interaction results in the spin-flop transition being of first or second order, depending on the ring curvature. Spatial inhomogeneity of the Néel vector in the spin-flop phase generates weak ferromagnetic response in the plane perpendicular to the applied magnetic field. Our paper contributes to the understanding of the physics of curvilinear antiferromagnets in magnetic fields and guides prospective experimental studies of geometrical effects relying on spin-chain-based nanomagnets},
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author = {Borysenko, Yelyzaveta A. and Sheka, Denis D. and Fassbender, J\"urgen and van den Brink, Jeroen and Makarov, Denys and Pylypovskyi, Oleksandr V.},
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description = {Field-induced spin reorientation transitions in antiferromagnetic ring-shaped spin chains},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevB.106.174426},
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journal = {Phys. Rev. B},
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month = {11},
number = 17,
numpages = {11},
pages = 174426,
publisher = {American Physical Society},
timestamp = {2023-06-21T14:42:52.000+0200},
title = {Field-induced spin reorientation transitions in antiferromagnetic ring-shaped spin chains},
url = {https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevB.106.174426},
volume = 106,
year = 2022
}