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Title: Stabilization and control of topological magnetic solitons via magnetic nanopatterning of exchange bias systems

Abstract

Stabilizing and manipulating topological magnetic quasiparticles in thin films is of great interest for potential applications in data storage and information processing. Here, we present a strategy for stabilizing magnetic vortices and Bloch lines with controlled position, vorticity, and chirality in a continuous exchange bias system. By tailoring vectorially the unidirectional anisotropy of the system at the nanoscale, via thermally assisted magnetic scanning probe lithography, we show experimentally and via micromagnetic simulations the non-volatile creation of vortex-antivortex pairs. In addition, we demonstrate the deterministic stabilization of cross and circular Bloch lines within patterned Néel magnetic domain walls. This work enables the implementation of complex functionalities based on the control of tailored topological spin-textures in spintronic and magnonic nanodevices.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [5]; ORCiD logo [6]
  1. Politecnico di Milano (Italy); City Univ. of New York (CUNY), NY (United States)
  2. City Univ. of New York (CUNY), NY (United States)
  3. SwissLitho AG, Zürich (Switzerland)
  4. IBM Research-Zurich (Switzerland)
  5. City Univ. of New York (CUNY), NY (United States); New York Univ. (NYU), NY (United States)
  6. Politecnico di Milano (Italy)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
City Univ. of New York (CUNY), NY (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
OSTI Identifier:
1612417
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1477528
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0016204
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Applied Physics Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 113; Journal Issue: 16; Journal ID: ISSN 0003-6951
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; Physics; Data storage and retrieval; Quasiparticle; Chirality; Magnetic ordering; Nanomaterials; Vortex dynamics; Nanolithography; Spintronic devices; Magnetic devices; Magnetic materials

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Albisetti, Edoardo, Calò, Annalisa, Spieser, Martin, Knoll, Armin W., Riedo, Elisa, and Petti, Daniela. Stabilization and control of topological magnetic solitons via magnetic nanopatterning of exchange bias systems. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1063/1.5047222.
Albisetti, Edoardo, Calò, Annalisa, Spieser, Martin, Knoll, Armin W., Riedo, Elisa, & Petti, Daniela. Stabilization and control of topological magnetic solitons via magnetic nanopatterning of exchange bias systems. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5047222
Albisetti, Edoardo, Calò, Annalisa, Spieser, Martin, Knoll, Armin W., Riedo, Elisa, and Petti, Daniela. Mon . "Stabilization and control of topological magnetic solitons via magnetic nanopatterning of exchange bias systems". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5047222. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1612417.
@article{osti_1612417,
title = {Stabilization and control of topological magnetic solitons via magnetic nanopatterning of exchange bias systems},
author = {Albisetti, Edoardo and Calò, Annalisa and Spieser, Martin and Knoll, Armin W. and Riedo, Elisa and Petti, Daniela},
abstractNote = {Stabilizing and manipulating topological magnetic quasiparticles in thin films is of great interest for potential applications in data storage and information processing. Here, we present a strategy for stabilizing magnetic vortices and Bloch lines with controlled position, vorticity, and chirality in a continuous exchange bias system. By tailoring vectorially the unidirectional anisotropy of the system at the nanoscale, via thermally assisted magnetic scanning probe lithography, we show experimentally and via micromagnetic simulations the non-volatile creation of vortex-antivortex pairs. In addition, we demonstrate the deterministic stabilization of cross and circular Bloch lines within patterned Néel magnetic domain walls. This work enables the implementation of complex functionalities based on the control of tailored topological spin-textures in spintronic and magnonic nanodevices.},
doi = {10.1063/1.5047222},
journal = {Applied Physics Letters},
number = 16,
volume = 113,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Oct 15 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Mon Oct 15 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}

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