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Magnetic properties and field-driven dynamics of chiral domain walls in epitaxial Pt/Co/AuxPt1−x trilayers.
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Materia
Magnetic propieties
Field-driven dynamics
Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI)
Ferromagnet
Ferromagnetic film
Bubble expansion technique
Clasificación UNESCO
22 Física
Fecha de publicación
2018
Editor
Physical Review B
Citación
Santos-Francés, F., Martinez-Graña, A., Alonso Rojo, P., & García Sánchez, A. (2017). Geochemical Background and Baseline Values Determination and Spatial Distribution of Heavy Metal Pollution in Soils of the Andes Mountain Range (Cajamarca-Huancavelica, Peru). International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 14(8), 859. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14080859
Resumen
[EN]Chiral domain walls in ultrathin perpendicularly magnetized layers have a Néel structure stabilized by a Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI) that is generated at the interface between the ferromagnet and a heavy metal. Different interface materials or properties are required above and below a ferromagnetic film in order to generate the structural inversion asymmetry needed to ensure that the DMI arising at the two interfaces does not cancel. Here we report on the magnetic properties of epitaxial Pt/Co/AuxPt1-x trilayers grown by sputtering onto sapphire substrates with 0.6 nm thick Co. As x rises from 0 to 1, a structural inversion asymmetry is progressively generated. We characterize the epilayer structure with x-ray diffraction and cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy, revealing (111) stacking. The saturation magnetization falls as the proximity magnetization in Pt is reduced, whilst the perpendicular magnetic anisotropy Ku rises. The micromagnetic DMI strength D was determined using the bubble expansion technique and also rises from a negligible value when x=0 to ∼1 mJ/m2 for x=1. The depinning field at which field-driven domain wall motion crosses from the creep to the depinning regime rises from ∼40 to ∼70 mT, attributed to greater spatial fluctuations of the domain wall energy with increasing Au concentration. Meanwhile, the increase in DMI causes the Walker field to rise from ∼10 to ∼280 mT, meaning that only in the x=1 sample is the steady flow regime accessible. The full dependence of domain wall velocity on driving field bears little resemblance to the prediction of a simple one-dimensional model, but can be described very well using micromagnetic simulations with a realistic model of disorder. These reveal a rise in Gilbert damping as x increases.
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