Nature Communications (Feb 2016)

Magnon spectrum of the helimagnetic insulator Cu2OSeO3

  • P. Y. Portnichenko,
  • J. Romhányi,
  • Y. A. Onykiienko,
  • A. Henschel,
  • M. Schmidt,
  • A. S. Cameron,
  • M. A. Surmach,
  • J. A. Lim,
  • J. T. Park,
  • A. Schneidewind,
  • D. L. Abernathy,
  • H. Rosner,
  • Jeroen van den Brink,
  • D. S. Inosov

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10725
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Cu2OSeO3 possesses a helical spin structure which supports a rich phase diagram of magnetic states, including a lattice of particle-like skyrmions. Here, the authors use inelastic neutron scattering to elucidate the three-dimensional magnon spectrum and underlying spin Hamiltonian of Cu2OSeO3.