Real-space observation of incommensurate spin density wave and coexisting charge density wave on Cr (001) surface

Yining Hu; Tianzhen Zhang; Dongming Zhao; Chen Chen; Shuyue Ding; Wentao Yang; Xu Wang; Chihao Li; Haitao Wang; Donglai Feng; Tong Zhang

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-28104-2

Nature Communications (Jan 2022)

Real-space observation of incommensurate spin density wave and coexisting charge density wave on Cr (001) surface

Yining Hu,
Tianzhen Zhang,
Dongming Zhao,
Chen Chen,
Shuyue Ding,
Wentao Yang,
Xu Wang,
Chihao Li,
Haitao Wang,
Donglai Feng,
Tong Zhang

Affiliations

Yining Hu: State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics, Department of Physics, and Advanced Materials Laboratory, Fudan University
Tianzhen Zhang: State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics, Department of Physics, and Advanced Materials Laboratory, Fudan University
Dongming Zhao: State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics, Department of Physics, and Advanced Materials Laboratory, Fudan University
Chen Chen: State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics, Department of Physics, and Advanced Materials Laboratory, Fudan University
Shuyue Ding: State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics, Department of Physics, and Advanced Materials Laboratory, Fudan University
Wentao Yang: State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics, Department of Physics, and Advanced Materials Laboratory, Fudan University
Xu Wang: State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics, Department of Physics, and Advanced Materials Laboratory, Fudan University
Chihao Li: State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics, Department of Physics, and Advanced Materials Laboratory, Fudan University
Haitao Wang: State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics, Department of Physics, and Advanced Materials Laboratory, Fudan University
Donglai Feng: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Science at Microscale and Department of Physics, University of Science and Technology of China
Tong Zhang: State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics, Department of Physics, and Advanced Materials Laboratory, Fudan University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28104-2
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Spin density waves are a spatial modulation of the spin, and can be either commensurate or incommensurate with the crystal lattice. Here, Hu et al. use spin-polarised scanning tunnelling microscopy to observe the incommensurate spin density wave on cleaned Chromium surface.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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