Skyrmion Lattice Topological Hall Effect near Room Temperature
Abstract
Magnetic skyrmions are stable nanosized spin structures that can be displaced at low electrical current densities. Because of these properties, they have been proposed as building blocks of future electronic devices with unprecedentedly high information density and low energy consumption. The electrical detection of an ordered skyrmion lattice via the Topological Hall Effect (THE) in a bulk crystal, has so far been demonstrated only at cryogenic temperatures in the MnSi family of compounds. Here, we report the observation of a skyrmion lattice Topological Hall Effect near room temperature (276 K) in a mesoscopic lamella carved from a bulk crystal of FeGe. This region coincides with the skyrmion lattice location revealed by neutron scattering. We provide clear evidence of a re-entrant helicoid magnetic phase adjacent to the skyrmion phase, and discuss the large THE amplitude (5 nΩ.cm) in view of the ordinary Hall Effect.
- Authors:
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- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States). Dept. of Chemistry
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States). Centre for Integrated Nanotechnologies
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); LANL Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program; National Science Foundation (NSF)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1480015
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-17-29194
Journal ID: ISSN 2045-2322
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC52-06NA25396; NA0003525; ECCS-1609585; DGE-1256259
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Scientific Reports
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 8; Journal ID: ISSN 2045-2322
- Publisher:
- Nature Publishing Group
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; Material Science; skyrmion, Hall Effect,
Citation Formats
Leroux, Maxime, Stolt, Matthew J., Jin, Song, Pete, Douglas V., Reichhardt, Charles, and Maiorov, Boris. Skyrmion Lattice Topological Hall Effect near Room Temperature. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-33560-2.
Leroux, Maxime, Stolt, Matthew J., Jin, Song, Pete, Douglas V., Reichhardt, Charles, & Maiorov, Boris. Skyrmion Lattice Topological Hall Effect near Room Temperature. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-33560-2
Leroux, Maxime, Stolt, Matthew J., Jin, Song, Pete, Douglas V., Reichhardt, Charles, and Maiorov, Boris. Fri .
"Skyrmion Lattice Topological Hall Effect near Room Temperature". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-33560-2. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1480015.
@article{osti_1480015,
title = {Skyrmion Lattice Topological Hall Effect near Room Temperature},
author = {Leroux, Maxime and Stolt, Matthew J. and Jin, Song and Pete, Douglas V. and Reichhardt, Charles and Maiorov, Boris},
abstractNote = {Magnetic skyrmions are stable nanosized spin structures that can be displaced at low electrical current densities. Because of these properties, they have been proposed as building blocks of future electronic devices with unprecedentedly high information density and low energy consumption. The electrical detection of an ordered skyrmion lattice via the Topological Hall Effect (THE) in a bulk crystal, has so far been demonstrated only at cryogenic temperatures in the MnSi family of compounds. Here, we report the observation of a skyrmion lattice Topological Hall Effect near room temperature (276 K) in a mesoscopic lamella carved from a bulk crystal of FeGe. This region coincides with the skyrmion lattice location revealed by neutron scattering. We provide clear evidence of a re-entrant helicoid magnetic phase adjacent to the skyrmion phase, and discuss the large THE amplitude (5 nΩ.cm) in view of the ordinary Hall Effect.},
doi = {10.1038/s41598-018-33560-2},
journal = {Scientific Reports},
number = ,
volume = 8,
place = {United States},
year = {2018},
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