Imaging antiferromagnetic antiphase domain boundaries using magnetic Bragg diffraction phase contrast

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.

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-07350-3

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

Journal Article · Tue Nov 27 00:00:00 EST 2018 · Nature Communications

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07350-3· OSTI ID:1576225

Kim, Min Gyu ^[1]; Miao, Hu ^[2];

^[1]; Cheong, S. -W. ^[1]; Mazzoli, Claudio ^[3]; Barbour, A. ^[3];

^[3]; Wilkins, S. B. ^[3];

^[2];

^[2]; Kiryukhin, V. ^[1]

Rutgers Univ., Piscataway, NJ (United States). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Dept.
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). National Synchrotron Light Source II

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.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012704

OSTI ID:: 1576225

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1483747

Report Number(s):: BNL-212363-2019-JAAM; BNL-209511-2018-JAAM; TRN: US2102114

Journal Information:: Nature Communications, Vol. 9, Issue 1; ISSN 2041-1723

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