Ferrimagnetic Skyrmions in Topological Insulator/Ferrimagnet Heterostructures

Abstract: Magnetic skyrmions are topologically nontrivial chiral spin textures that have potential applications in next‐generation energy‐efficient and high‐density spintronic devices. In general, the chiral spins of skyrmions are stabilized by the noncollinear Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interaction (DMI), originating from the inversion symmetry breaking combined with the strong spin–orbit coupling (SOC). Here, the strong SOC from topological insulators (TIs) is utilized to provide a large interfacial DMI in TI/ferrimagnet heterostructures at room temperature, resulting in small‐size (radius ≈ 100 nm) skyrmions in the adjacent ferrimagnet. Antiferromagnetically coupled skyrmion sublattices are observed in the ferrimagnet by element‐resolved scanning transmission X‐ray microscopy, showing the potential of a vanishing skyrmion Hall effect and ultrafast skyrmion dynamics. The line‐scan spin profile of the single skyrmion shows a Néel‐type domain wall structure and a 120 nm size of the 180° domain wall. This work demonstrates the sizable DMI and small skyrmions in TI‐based heterostructures with great promise for low‐energy spintronic devices.

Standort
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Umfang
Online-Ressource
Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Ferrimagnetic Skyrmions in Topological Insulator/Ferrimagnet Heterostructures ; volume:32 ; number:34 ; year:2020 ; extent:7
Advanced materials ; 32, Heft 34 (2020) (gesamt 7)

Urheber
Wu, Hao
Groß, Felix
Dai, Bingqian
Lujan, David
Razavi, Seyed Armin
Zhang, Peng
Liu, Yuxiang
Sobotkiewich, Kemal
Förster, Johannes
Weigand, Markus
Schütz, Gisela
Li, Xiaoqin
Gräfe, Joachim
Wang, Kang L.

DOI
10.1002/adma.202003380
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2022061011382116775844
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Beteiligte

  • Wu, Hao
  • Groß, Felix
  • Dai, Bingqian
  • Lujan, David
  • Razavi, Seyed Armin
  • Zhang, Peng
  • Liu, Yuxiang
  • Sobotkiewich, Kemal
  • Förster, Johannes
  • Weigand, Markus
  • Schütz, Gisela
  • Li, Xiaoqin
  • Gräfe, Joachim
  • Wang, Kang L.

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