Chirality-induced zigzag domain wall in in-plane magnetized ultrathin films
Abstract
In this report the domain structure in in-plane magnetized Fe/Ni/W(110) films is investigated using spin-polarized low-energy electron microscopy. A novel transition of the domain wall shape from a zigzaglike pattern to straight is observed as a function of the film thickness, which is triggered by the transition of the domain wall type from the out-of-plane chiral wall to the in-plane Néel wall. The contribution of the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction to the wall energy is proposed to explain the transition of the domain wall shape, which is supported by Monte Carlo simulations.
- Authors:
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- Georgetown Univ., Washington, DC (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Univ. of California, Davis, CA (United States)
- Korean Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), Seoul (Korea, Republic of)
- Kyung Hee Univ., Seoul (South Korea)
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Georgetown Univ., Washington, DC (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Science Foundation (NSF)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1864174
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-05CH11231; DMR-2005108
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 39; Journal Issue: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 0734-2101
- Publisher:
- American Vacuum Society / AIP
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; thin films; antisymmetric exchange; Monte Carlo methods; chirality; magnetic anisotropy; spintronics; magnetic ordering
Citation Formats
Chen, Gong, Robertson, MacCallum, Kwon, Heeyoung, Won, Changyeon, Schmid, Andreas K., and Liu, Kai. Chirality-induced zigzag domain wall in in-plane magnetized ultrathin films. United States: N. p., 2021.
Web. doi:10.1116/6.0001170.
Chen, Gong, Robertson, MacCallum, Kwon, Heeyoung, Won, Changyeon, Schmid, Andreas K., & Liu, Kai. Chirality-induced zigzag domain wall in in-plane magnetized ultrathin films. United States. https://doi.org/10.1116/6.0001170
Chen, Gong, Robertson, MacCallum, Kwon, Heeyoung, Won, Changyeon, Schmid, Andreas K., and Liu, Kai. Wed .
"Chirality-induced zigzag domain wall in in-plane magnetized ultrathin films". United States. https://doi.org/10.1116/6.0001170. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1864174.
@article{osti_1864174,
title = {Chirality-induced zigzag domain wall in in-plane magnetized ultrathin films},
author = {Chen, Gong and Robertson, MacCallum and Kwon, Heeyoung and Won, Changyeon and Schmid, Andreas K. and Liu, Kai},
abstractNote = {In this report the domain structure in in-plane magnetized Fe/Ni/W(110) films is investigated using spin-polarized low-energy electron microscopy. A novel transition of the domain wall shape from a zigzaglike pattern to straight is observed as a function of the film thickness, which is triggered by the transition of the domain wall type from the out-of-plane chiral wall to the in-plane Néel wall. The contribution of the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction to the wall energy is proposed to explain the transition of the domain wall shape, which is supported by Monte Carlo simulations.},
doi = {10.1116/6.0001170},
journal = {Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A},
number = 5,
volume = 39,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Aug 25 00:00:00 EDT 2021},
month = {Wed Aug 25 00:00:00 EDT 2021}
}
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