[en] Using spin-polarized scanning tunneling microscopy and density functional theory we demonstrate the occurrence of a novel type of noncollinear spin structure in Rh/Fe atomic bilayers on Ir(111). We find that higher-order exchange interactions depend sensitively on the stacking sequence. For fcc-Rh/Fe/Ir(111) frustrated exchange interactions are dominant and lead to the formation of a spin spiral ground state with a period of about 1.5 nm. For hcp-Rh/Fe/Ir(111) higher-order exchange interactions favor a double-row wise antiferromagnetic or "uudd" state. However, the Dzyaloshinskii- Moriya interaction at the Fe/Ir interface leads to a small angle of about 4{\deg} between adjacent magnetic moments resulting in a canted "uudd" ground state.
Disciplines :
Physics
Author, co-author :
Romming, Niklas
Pralow, Henning
Kubetzka, André
Hoffmann, Markus
von Malottki, Stephan
Meyer, Sebastian
Dupé, Bertrand ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de physique > Physique des matériaux et nanostructures
Wiesendanger, Roland
von Bergmann, Kirsten
Heinze, Stefan
Language :
English
Title :
Competition of Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya and Higher-Order Exchange Interactions in Rh/Fe Atomic Bilayers on Ir(111)
Publication date :
2018
Journal title :
Physical Review Letters
ISSN :
0031-9007
eISSN :
1079-7114
Publisher :
American Physical Society, New York, United States - New York
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