Demagnetization effect on magnetic noise measurements in spin ice materials

Morineau, F., Paulsen, C., Balakrishnan, G., Prabhakaran, D., Matsuhira, K., Giblin, S. R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1876-8619 and Lhotel, E. 2026. Demagnetization effect on magnetic noise measurements in spin ice materials. Physical Review B 114 , 094433. 10.1103/x6t9-6w9j

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Abstract

Magnetic noise spectroscopy provides direct access to spontaneous time-dependent magnetization fluctuations in correlated magnetic systems, including spin liquids, spin ices, and spin glasses. Here we investigate how demagnetizing fields shape the magnetic noise spectra measured in spin ice. By combining magnetic noise and ac susceptibility measurements on single-crystal spin ice samples with different sizes and shapes, we show that magnetic noise, like linear response, is strongly renormalized by sample geometry. As a consequence, measured noise spectra do not directly yield the intrinsic fluctuation spectrum, and demagnetization corrections cannot in general be determined from noise data alone. Instead, sample geometry must be treated as a central experimental control parameter for accessing intrinsic dynamics. These results establish the role of boundary conditions in fluctuation spectroscopy and provide a framework for quantitatively comparing noise measurements with microscopic theories of spin dynamics.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Physical, Chemical & Environmental Sciences Schools > Physics and Astronomy
Additional Information:	RRS applied
Publisher:	American Physical Society
ISSN:	2469-9950
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	17 September 2026
Date of Acceptance:	4 August 2026
Last Modified:	17 Sep 2026 13:45
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/189704

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