Spin disorder control of topological spin texture

Zhang, Hongrui; Shao, Yu-Tsun; Chen, Xiang; Zhang, Binhua; Wang, Tianye; Meng, Fanhao; Xu, Kun; Meisenheimer, Peter; Chen, Xianzhe; Huang, Xiaoxi; Behera, Piush; Husain, Sajid; Zhu, Tiancong; Pan, Hao; Jia, Yanli; Settineri, Nick; Giles-Donovan, Nathan; He, Zehao; Scholl, Andreas; N’Diaye, Alpha; Shafer, Padraic; Raja, Archana; Xu, Changsong; Martin, Lane W.; Crommie, Michael F.; Yao, Jie; Qiu, Ziqiang; Majumdar, Arun; Bellaiche, Laurent; Muller, David A.; Birgeneau, Robert J.; Ramesh, Ramamoorthy

doi:10.1038/s41467-024-47715-5

Spin disorder control of topological spin texture

Journal Article · Tue May 07 00:00:00 EDT 2024 · Nature Communications

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-47715-5· OSTI ID:2346266

; ; Chen, Xiang; Zhang, Binhua; ; ; ; ; ; Huang, Xiaoxi; Behera, Piush; ; ; ; Jia, Yanli; Settineri, Nick; Giles-Donovan, Nathan; ; Scholl, Andreas; more »

Abstract

Stabilization of topological spin textures in layered magnets has the potential to drive the development of advanced low-dimensional spintronics devices. However, achieving reliable and flexible manipulation of the topological spin textures beyond skyrmion in a two-dimensional magnet system remains challenging. Here, we demonstrate the introduction of magnetic iron atoms between the van der Waals gap of a layered magnet, Fe ₃ GaTe ₂ , to modify local anisotropic magnetic interactions. Consequently, we present direct observations of the order-disorder skyrmion lattices transition. In addition, non-trivial topological solitons, such as skyrmioniums and skyrmion bags, are realized at room temperature. Our work highlights the influence of random spin control of non-trivial topological spin textures.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF); National Science Foundation (NSF); US Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR); USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division (MSE)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231; AC02-76SF00515

OSTI ID:: 2346266

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 2405177
OSTI ID: 2407025

Journal Information:: Nature Communications, Journal Name: Nature Communications Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 15; ISSN 2041-1723

Publisher:: Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United Kingdom

Language:: English

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