Room temperature tetragonal noncollinear antiferromagnet Pt${}_2$MnGa

Abstract

Here we present the tetragonal stoichiometric Heusler compound Pt${}_2$MnGa with the noncollinear AFM order stable up to 350 K. It is resolved by the neutron diffraction as a helical spiral propagating along the tetragonal axis. Ab-initio calculations suggest a pure exchange origin of the spiral and explain its helical character being stabilized by a large basal plane magnetocrystalline anisotropy (MCA). Together with the inversion-symmetric crystal structure, this provides a bi-stability of a spiral with respect to the right- and left-handed magnetic helices. Despite the large MCA, the long period of a helix might greatly facilitate the switch of the helicity by the precessional reorientation, suggesting Pt${}_2$MnGa as a potential candidate for the vector-helicity based non-volatile magnetic memory.

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