Thermal excitations within and among mesospins in artificial spin ice
arXiv:2205.00938 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.107.L060406
Abstract
We provide experimental and numerical evidence for thermal excitations within and among magnetic mesospins, forming artificial spin ice structures. At low temperatures, a decrease in magnetization and increase in susceptibility is observed with increasing temperature, interpreted as an onset of thermal fluctuations of the magnetic texture within the mesospins. At elevated temperatures a pronounced susceptibility peak is observed, related to thermally induced flipping of the mesospins and a collapse of the remanent state. The fluctuations, while occurring at distinct length- and energy-scales, are shown to be tunable by the interaction strength of the mesospins.
5 pages, 4 figures
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