Magnetic chiral spin textures by imprinting

Authors

Robert Streubel, Leibniz-Institut für Festkörper- und Werkstoffforschung DresdenFollow
F. Kronast, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie (HZB)
U. Rössler, Institute for Theoretical Physics
O. G. Schmidt, Leibniz-Institut für Festkörper- und Werkstoffforschung Dresden
P. Fischer, Lawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryFollow
D. Makarov, Leibniz-Institut für Festkörper- und Werkstoffforschung Dresden

Date of this Version

1-1-2015

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Citation

Published in 2015 IEEE International Magnetics Conference (INTERMAG). Conference held 11-15 May 2015, Beijing, China; Session CG-05.

doi:10.1109/INTMAG.2015.7156875

Comments

Published by IEEE. Used by permission.

Abstract

The unique properties of non-trivial topological states, e.g. magnetic skyrmions [1] may path the way towards novel spintronic devices [2]. However, these spin textures have only been observed in special classes of materials possessing non-centrosymmetric crystal structure [1,3-6] and at low temperatures, which limits their application potential. We offer an alternate route to design synthetic magnetic heterostructures that resemble swirls, vortices or skyrmions with distinct topological charge densities at room temperature. By vertically stacking two magnetic nanopatterns with in-and out-of-plane magnetization and tailoring the interlayer exchange coupling, non-collinear spin textures with tunable topological charge can be imprinted (Fig. 1a).