Broadband magnetic resonance spectroscopy in MnSc $$_2$$ 2 S $$_4$$ 4  

Abstract

Abstract Recent neutron scattering experiments suggested that frustrated magnetic interactions give rise to antiferromagnetic spiral and fractional skyrmion lattice phases in MnSc $$_2$$ 2 S $$_4$$ 4 . Here, to trace the signatures of these modulated phases, we studied the spin excitations of MnSc $$_2$$ 2 S $$_4$$ 4 by THz spectroscopy at 300 mK and in magnetic fields up to 12 T and by broadband microwave spectroscopy at various temperatures up to 50 GHz. We found a single magnetic resonance with frequency linearly increasing in field. The small deviation of the Mn $$^{2+}$$ 2 + ion g-factor from 2, g = 1.96, and the absence of other resonances imply very weak anisotropies and negligible contribution of higher harmonics to the spiral state. The significant difference between the dc magnetic susceptibility and the lowest-frequency ac susceptibility in our experiment implies the existence of mode(s) outside of the measured frequency windows. The combination of THz and microwave experiments suggests a spin gap opening below the ordering temperature between 50 GHz and 100 GHz.