Two systems of noncentrosymmetric cubic helical magnets Mn1 - yFeySi (y = 0.06, 0.08, 0.10) and Fe1 - xCoxSi (x = 0.10, 0.15, 0.20, 0.25, 0.30, 0.35, 0.50) have been compared. The concentration dependences of the critical temperature and magnetic field have been obtained using small-angle polarized-neutron scattering and analyzed in the framework of the Bak-Jensen model. It has been established that, among the two interactions that play the main role in these systems, i.e., the isotropic symmetric ferromagnetic exchange and the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya isotropic antisymmetric interaction, the former interaction determines the critical temperature in the Mn1 - yFeySi system and the latter interaction determines this temperature in the Fe1 - xCoxSi system.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)907-913
Number of pages7
JournalPhysics of the Solid State
Volume52
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010

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  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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