Skyrmion {{Lattice Domains}} in {{Fe}} 1- x {{Co}} x {{Si}}

The strongly doped semiconductor Fe 1- x Co x Si displays a dome of helimagnetic order for 0.05 $\leq$ x $\leq$ 0.7. We report small angle neutron scattering of the magnetic structure in the skyrmion lattice phase of Fe 1- x Co x Si for x = 0.2 and magnetic field parallel to a crystallographic (100) direction. We observe twelve equally spaced maxima of scattering intensity on a ring, with an underlying six-fold symmetry of two sets of six spots. The intensity distribution suggests the formation of two degenerate skyrmion lattice domain populations with respect to the four-fold symmetry of the (100) directions in the scattering plane.     «

The strongly doped semiconductor Fe 1- x Co x Si displays a dome of helimagnetic order for 0.05 $\leq$ x $\leq$ 0.7. We report small angle neutron scattering of the magnetic structure in the skyrmion lattice phase of Fe 1- x Co x Si for x = 0.2 and magnetic field parallel to a crystallographic (100) direction. We observe twelve equally spaced maxima of scattering intensity on a ring, with an underlying six-fold symmetry of two sets of six spots. The intensity distribution suggests the formation...     »