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Title: Imaging antiferromagnetic antiphase domain boundaries using magnetic Bragg diffraction phase contrast

Abstract

Manipulating magnetic domains is essential for many technological applications. Recent breakthroughs in Antiferromagnetic Spintronics brought up novel concepts for electronic device development. Imaging antiferromagnetic domains is of key importance to this field. Unfortunately, some of the basic domain types, such as antiphase domains, cannot be imaged by conventional techniques. Herein, we present a new domain projection imaging technique based on the localization of domain boundaries by resonant magnetic diffraction of coherent X rays. Contrast arises from reduction of the scattered intensity at the domain boundaries due to destructive interference effects. We demonstrate this approach by imaging antiphase domains in a collinear antiferromagnet Fe2Mo3O8, and observe evidence of domain wall interaction with a structural defect. Here, this technique does not involve any numerical algorithms. It is fast, sensitive, produces large-scale images in a single-exposure measurement, and is applicable to a variety of magnetic domain types.

Authors:
 [1];  [2]; ORCiD logo [1];  [1];  [3];  [3]; ORCiD logo [3];  [3]; ORCiD logo [2]; ORCiD logo [2];  [1]
  1. Rutgers Univ., Piscataway, NJ (United States). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
  2. Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Dept.
  3. Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). National Synchrotron Light Source II
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1576225
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1483747
Report Number(s):
BNL-212363-2019-JAAM; BNL-209511-2018-JAAM
Journal ID: ISSN 2041-1723; TRN: US2102114
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0012704
Resource Type:
Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Nature Communications
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 9; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher:
Nature Publishing Group
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY

Citation Formats

Kim, Min Gyu, Miao, Hu, Gao, Bin, Cheong, S. -W., Mazzoli, Claudio, Barbour, A., Hu, Wen, Wilkins, S. B., Robinson, Ian K., Dean, M. P. M., and Kiryukhin, V. Imaging antiferromagnetic antiphase domain boundaries using magnetic Bragg diffraction phase contrast. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1038/s41467-018-07350-3.
Kim, Min Gyu, Miao, Hu, Gao, Bin, Cheong, S. -W., Mazzoli, Claudio, Barbour, A., Hu, Wen, Wilkins, S. B., Robinson, Ian K., Dean, M. P. M., & Kiryukhin, V. Imaging antiferromagnetic antiphase domain boundaries using magnetic Bragg diffraction phase contrast. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07350-3
Kim, Min Gyu, Miao, Hu, Gao, Bin, Cheong, S. -W., Mazzoli, Claudio, Barbour, A., Hu, Wen, Wilkins, S. B., Robinson, Ian K., Dean, M. P. M., and Kiryukhin, V. 2018. "Imaging antiferromagnetic antiphase domain boundaries using magnetic Bragg diffraction phase contrast". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07350-3. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1576225.
@article{osti_1576225,
title = {Imaging antiferromagnetic antiphase domain boundaries using magnetic Bragg diffraction phase contrast},
author = {Kim, Min Gyu and Miao, Hu and Gao, Bin and Cheong, S. -W. and Mazzoli, Claudio and Barbour, A. and Hu, Wen and Wilkins, S. B. and Robinson, Ian K. and Dean, M. P. M. and Kiryukhin, V.},
abstractNote = {Manipulating magnetic domains is essential for many technological applications. Recent breakthroughs in Antiferromagnetic Spintronics brought up novel concepts for electronic device development. Imaging antiferromagnetic domains is of key importance to this field. Unfortunately, some of the basic domain types, such as antiphase domains, cannot be imaged by conventional techniques. Herein, we present a new domain projection imaging technique based on the localization of domain boundaries by resonant magnetic diffraction of coherent X rays. Contrast arises from reduction of the scattered intensity at the domain boundaries due to destructive interference effects. We demonstrate this approach by imaging antiphase domains in a collinear antiferromagnet Fe2Mo3O8, and observe evidence of domain wall interaction with a structural defect. Here, this technique does not involve any numerical algorithms. It is fast, sensitive, produces large-scale images in a single-exposure measurement, and is applicable to a variety of magnetic domain types.},
doi = {10.1038/s41467-018-07350-3},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1576225}, journal = {Nature Communications},
issn = {2041-1723},
number = 1,
volume = 9,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Nov 27 00:00:00 EST 2018},
month = {Tue Nov 27 00:00:00 EST 2018}
}

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