magnetization dynamics; skyrmion; temperature magnetization dynamics; temperature
Abstract :
[en] Magnetic skyrmions promise breakthroughs in future memory and computing devices due to their inherent stability and small size. Their creation and current driven motion have been recently observed at room temperature, but the key mechanisms of their formation are not yet well‐understood. Here it is shown that in heavy metal/ferromagnet heterostructures, pulsed currents can drive morphological transitions between labyrinth‐like, stripe‐like, and skyrmionic states. Using high‐resolution X‐ray microscopy, the spin texture evolution with temperature and magnetic field is imaged and it is demonstrated that with transient Joule heating, topological charges can be injected into the system, driving it across the stripe‐skyrmion boundary. The observations are explained through atomistic spin dynamic and micromagnetic simulations that reveal a crossover to a global skyrmionic ground state above a threshold magnetic field, which is found to decrease with increasing temperature. It is demonstrated how by tuning the phase stability, one can reliably generate skyrmions by short current pulses and stabilize them at zero field, providing new means to create and manipulate spin textures in engineered chiral ferromagnets.
Disciplines :
Physics
Author, co-author :
Lemesh, Ivan
Litzius, Kai
Böttcher, Marie
Bassirian, Pedram
Kerber, Nico
Heinze, Daniel
Zázvorka, Jakub
Büttner, Felix
Caretta, Lucas
Mann, Maxwell
Weigand, Markus
Finizio, Simone
Raabe, Jörg
Im, Mi Young
Stoll, Hermann
Schütz, Gisela
Dupé, Bertrand ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de physique > Physique des matériaux et nanostructures
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