Observation of Nanoscale Skyrmions in SrIrO3/SrRuO3 Bilayers
Abstract
Skyrmion imaging and electrical detection via topological Hall (TH) effect are two primary techniques for probing magnetic skyrmions, which hold promise for next-generation magnetic storage. However, these two kinds of complementary techniques have rarely been employed to investigate the same samples. We report the observation of nanoscale skyrmions in SrIrO3/SrRuO3 (SIO/SRO) bilayers in a wide temperature range from 10 to 100 K. The SIO/SRO bilayers exhibit a remarkable TH effect, which is up to 200% larger than the anomalous Hall (AH) effect at 5 K, and zero-field TH effect at 90 K. Using variable-temperature, high-field magnetic force microscopy (MFM), we imaged skyrmions as small as 10 nm, which emerge in the same field ranges as the TH effect. These results reveal a rich space for skyrmion exploration and tunability in oxide heterostructures.
- Authors:
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- The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States)
- Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa), Dübendorf (Switzerland)
- Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa), Dübendorf (Switzerland); Univ. of Basel (Switzerland)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA); National Science Foundation (NSF); Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1594101
- Report Number(s):
- DOE-OSU-01304
Journal ID: ISSN 1530-6984; TRN: US2101128
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0001304; D18AP00008; DMR-1420451; CRSII2_15441; 200021E-160637
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Nano Letters
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 19; Journal Issue: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 1530-6984
- Publisher:
- American Chemical Society
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; skyrmions; topological Hall effect; magnetic force microscopy; epitaxial oxide films
Citation Formats
Meng, Keng-Yuan, Ahmed, Adam S., Baćani, Mirko, Mandru, Andrada-Oana, Zhao, Xue, Bagués, Núria, Esser, Bryan D., Flores, Jose, McComb, David W., Hug, Hans J., and Yang, Fengyuan. Observation of Nanoscale Skyrmions in SrIrO3/SrRuO3 Bilayers. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b00596.
Meng, Keng-Yuan, Ahmed, Adam S., Baćani, Mirko, Mandru, Andrada-Oana, Zhao, Xue, Bagués, Núria, Esser, Bryan D., Flores, Jose, McComb, David W., Hug, Hans J., & Yang, Fengyuan. Observation of Nanoscale Skyrmions in SrIrO3/SrRuO3 Bilayers. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b00596
Meng, Keng-Yuan, Ahmed, Adam S., Baćani, Mirko, Mandru, Andrada-Oana, Zhao, Xue, Bagués, Núria, Esser, Bryan D., Flores, Jose, McComb, David W., Hug, Hans J., and Yang, Fengyuan. Mon .
"Observation of Nanoscale Skyrmions in SrIrO3/SrRuO3 Bilayers". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b00596. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1594101.
@article{osti_1594101,
title = {Observation of Nanoscale Skyrmions in SrIrO3/SrRuO3 Bilayers},
author = {Meng, Keng-Yuan and Ahmed, Adam S. and Baćani, Mirko and Mandru, Andrada-Oana and Zhao, Xue and Bagués, Núria and Esser, Bryan D. and Flores, Jose and McComb, David W. and Hug, Hans J. and Yang, Fengyuan},
abstractNote = {Skyrmion imaging and electrical detection via topological Hall (TH) effect are two primary techniques for probing magnetic skyrmions, which hold promise for next-generation magnetic storage. However, these two kinds of complementary techniques have rarely been employed to investigate the same samples. We report the observation of nanoscale skyrmions in SrIrO3/SrRuO3 (SIO/SRO) bilayers in a wide temperature range from 10 to 100 K. The SIO/SRO bilayers exhibit a remarkable TH effect, which is up to 200% larger than the anomalous Hall (AH) effect at 5 K, and zero-field TH effect at 90 K. Using variable-temperature, high-field magnetic force microscopy (MFM), we imaged skyrmions as small as 10 nm, which emerge in the same field ranges as the TH effect. These results reveal a rich space for skyrmion exploration and tunability in oxide heterostructures.},
doi = {10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b00596},
journal = {Nano Letters},
number = 5,
volume = 19,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Mon Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}
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