ISIS Neutron and Muon Source Data Journal

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Establishing the chiral helimagnetic state in single crystals of Cr1/3TaS2

Abstract: Noncentrosymmetric systems lack a centre of inversion, which can lead to interesting magnetic phenomena. Cr1/3NbS2, a chiral helimagnet, has been shown to host a chiral soliton lattice, i.e., 360 degree domain walls separated by regions of ferromagnetism, in an external field. Its sister compound, Cr1/3TaS2, has now been found to host a chiral soliton lattice as well, but a chiral helimagnetic state has yet to be confirmed with neutron diffraction. Preliminary neutron diffraction measurements on polycrystalline Cr1/3TaS2 indicate an incommensurate phase is present, which could be the fingerprint of chiral ordering. We propose to use single crystal diffraction measurements of Cr1/3TaS2, as well as the high resolution possible for WISH time of flight measurements, to establish its long range ordering and establish its magnetic propagation vector.

Principal Investigator: Professor Geetha Balakrishnan
Experimenter: Professor Martin Lees
Experimenter: Miss Amelia Hall
Experimenter: Dr Daniel Mayoh
Experimenter: Dr Oleg Petrenko
Local Contact: Dr Pascal Manuel
Experimenter: Mr George Wood

DOI: 10.5286/ISIS.E.RB2220473

ISIS Experiment Number: RB2220473

Part DOI Instrument Public release date Download Link
10.5286/ISIS.E.RB2220473-1 WISH 05 October 2025 Download

Publisher: STFC ISIS Neutron and Muon Source

Data format: RAW/Nexus
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