Field-induced magnetic phase transitions and memory effect in bilayer ruthenate Ca${}_3$Ru${}_2$O${}_7$ with Fe substitution

Abstract

Bilayer ruthenate Ca${}_3$(Ru${}_{1-x}$Fe${}_x$)${}_2$O${}_7$ ($x$ = 0.05) exhibits an incommensurate magnetic soliton lattice driven by the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction. Here we report complex field-induced magnetic phase transitions and memory effect in this system via single-crystal neutron diffraction and magnetotransport measurements. We observe first-order incommensurate-to-commensurate magnetic transitions upon applying the magnetic field both along and perpendicular to the propagation axis of the incommensurate spin structure. Furthermore, we find that the metastable states formed upon decreasing the magnetic field depend on the temperature and the applied field orientation. We suggest that the observed field-induced metastability may be ascribable to the quenched kinetics at low temperature.

arXiv comment24 pages, 6 figures, 30 references

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