Direct measurement of antiferromagnetic domain fluctuations

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dc.creatorShpyrko, O. G.
dc.creatorIsaacs, E. D.
dc.creatorLogan, J. M.
dc.creatorFeng, Yejun
dc.creatorAeppli, G.
dc.creatorJaramillo, R.
dc.creatorKim, H. C.
dc.creatorRosenbaum, T. F.
dc.creatorZschack, P.
dc.creatorSprung, M.
dc.creatorNarayanan, S.
dc.creatorSandy, A. R.
dc.date2007-02-10
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T08:25:56Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T08:25:56Z
dc.descriptionMeasurements of magnetic noise emanating from ferromagnets due to domain motion were first carried out nearly 100 years ago and have underpinned much science and technology. Antiferromagnets, which carry no net external magnetic dipole moment, yet have a periodic arrangement of the electron spins extending over macroscopic distances, should also display magnetic noise, but this must be sampled at spatial wavelengths of order several interatomic spacings, rather than the macroscopic scales characteristic of ferromagnets. Here we present the first direct measurement of the fluctuations in the nanometre-scale spin- (charge-) density wave superstructure associated with antiferromagnetism in elemental Chromium. The technique used is X-ray Photon Correlation Spectroscopy, where coherent x-ray diffraction produces a speckle pattern that serves as a "fingerprint" of a particular magnetic domain configuration. The temporal evolution of the patterns corresponds to domain walls advancing and retreating over micron distances. While the domain wall motion is thermally activated at temperatures above 100K, it is not so at lower temperatures, and indeed has a rate which saturates at a finite value - consistent with quantum fluctuations - on cooling below 40K. Our work is important because it provides an important new measurement tool for antiferromagnetic domain engineering as well as revealing a fundamental new fact about spin dynamics in the simplest antiferromagnet.
dc.description19 pages, 4 figures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0702265
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0702265
dc.identifierNature 447, 68 (2007)
dc.identifierdoi:10.1038/nature05776
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/136785
dc.subjectStrongly Correlated Electrons
dc.subjectMaterials Science
dc.titleDirect measurement of antiferromagnetic domain fluctuations
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