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Title: 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:
 [1];  [1];  [2];  [2];  [2];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [1];  [3]; ORCiD logo [1]
  1. The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (United States)
  2. Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa), Dübendorf (Switzerland)
  3. 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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