Unidirectional anisotropy in cubic FeGe with antisymmetric spin-spin-coupling

Abstract

We report strong unidirectional anisotropy in bulk polycrystalline B20 FeGe measured by ferromagnetic resonance spectroscopy. Bulk and micron-sized samples were produced and analytically characterized. FeGe is a B20 compound with inherent Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction. Lorenz microscopy confirms a skyrmion lattice at $190\text{K}$ in a magnetic field of 150 mT. Ferromagnetic resonance was measured at $276\text{K}\pm 1\text{K}$, near the Curie temperature. Two resonance modes were observed, both exhibit a unidirectional anisotropy of $K=1153{\text{J/m}}^3\pm 10{\text{J/m}}^3$ in the primary, and $K=28{\text{J/m}}^3\pm 2{\text{J/m}}^3$ in the secondary mode, previously unknown in bulk ferromagnets. Additionally, about 25 standing spin wave modes are observed inside a micron-sized FeGe wedge, measured at room temperature ($\sim 293$ K). These modes also exhibit unidirectional anisotropy.