# Competing spin density wave, collinear, and helical magnetism in $$Fe_{1+x}Te$$

Green, M.A., Stock, C., Rodriguez, E.E., Bourges, P., Ewings, R.A., Cao, H., Chi, S., Rodriguez-Rivera, J.A. (2017) Competing spin density wave, collinear, and helical magnetism in $$Fe_{1+x}Te$$. Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 95 (14). Article Number 144407. ISSN 0163-1829. E-ISSN 1550-235X. (doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.95.144407) (KAR id:60156)

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## Abstract

The $$Fe_{1+x}Te$$ phase diagram consists of two distinct magnetic structures with collinear order present at low interstitial iron concentrations and a helical phase at large values of x with these phases separated by a Lifshitz point. We use unpolarized single crystal diffraction to confirm the helical phase for large interstitial iron concentrations and polarized single crystal diffraction to demonstrate the collinear order for the iron deficient side of the The $$Fe_{1+x}Te$$ phase diagram. Polarized neutron inelastic scattering show that the fluctuations associated with this collinear order are predominately transverse at low energy transfers, consistent with a localized magnetic moment picture. We then apply neutron inelastic scattering and polarization analysis to investigate the dynamics and structure near the boundary between collinear and helical order in the The $$Fe_{1+x}Te$$ phase diagram. We first show that the phase separating collinear and helical order is characterized by a spin-density wave with a single propagation wave vector of (∼ 0.45, 0, 0.5). We do not observe harmonics or the presence of a charge density wave. The magnetic fluctuations associated with this wavevector are different from the collinear phase being strongly longitudinal in nature and correlated anisotropically in the (H,K) plane. The excitations preserve the $$C_4$$ symmetry of the lattice, but display different widths in momentum along the two tetragonal directions at low energy transfers. While the low energy excitations and minimal magnetic phase diagram can be understood in terms of localized

interactions, we suggest that the presence of density wave phase implies the importance of electronic and orbital properties.

Item Type: Article 10.1103/PhysRevB.95.144407 Q ScienceQ Science > QD Chemistry Divisions > Division of Natural Sciences > School of Physical Sciences Michael Woods 08 Mar 2017 10:54 UTC 16 Feb 2021 13:42 UTC https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/60156 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7886-6205