Chiral helimagnetism and stability of magnetic textures in MnNb${}_3$S${}_6$

Abstract

We analyze the nature of the modulated magnetic states in a micromagnetic model for the monoaxial chiral magnet MnNb${}_3$S${}_6$ for which the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction and the dipolar interaction compete evenly. We show that the interplay between these interactions lead to a complex phase diagram including ferromagnetic states, fan-like states, in-plane stripes patterns and chiral soliton lattices. In particular, stripe patterns and chiral soliton lattices comprise non-trivial topological states with fixed chirality. The obtained phase diagram exhibits strong dependency on the thickness and on the strength of the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction. Our results can help to understand the magnetic properties of systems such as MnNb${}_3$S${}_6$.

11 pages, 9 figures