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O: Fachverband Oberflächenphysik
O 91: [MA] Poster II
O 91.48: Poster
Friday, March 30, 2012, 11:00–14:00, Poster A
Complex magnetic ground states observed in Fe nanostructures on different Ir surfaces — •Matthias Menzel1, Kirsten von Bergmann1, Stefan Heinze2, Yuriy Mokrousov3, Gustav Bihlmayer3, Jessica Bickel1, Jens Brede1, Robert Wieser1, Elena Vedmedenko1, Stefan Blügel3, André Kubetzka1, and Roland Wiesendanger1 — 1Institut für Angewandte Physik, Universität Hamburg, 20355 Hamburg — 2Institut für Theoretische Physik und Astrophysik, Universität Kiel, 24098 Kiel — 3Institut für Festkörperforschung, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich
The reduced symmetry and large spin-orbit interaction can give rise to complex magnetic ground states in 3d-transition metal nanostructures on heavy element surfaces, e.g. [1]. Especially, Fe nanostructures on an Ir surface are promising candidates for non-collinear magnetic states, due to an extremely weak Heisenberg exchange [2].
Here, we present SP-STM measurements of Fe chains on the (5×1)-Ir(001) surface as well as the Fe monolayer on Ir(111) which reveal atomic-scale, non-collinear magnetic ground states in both systems [3,4]. Density functional theory calculations show that the weak Heisenberg exchange allows other interactions, as the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya exchange or higher-order interactions, to dominate the energy landscape.
[1] M. Bode et al., Nature 447, 190 (2007).
[2] B. Hardrat et al., PRB 79, 094411 (2009).
[3] S. Heinze et al., Nature Physics 7, 713 (2011).
[4] M. Menzel et al., submitted.