Room-temperature sub-100 nm Néel-type skyrmions in non-stoichiometric van der Waals ferromagnet $\rm Fe_{3-x}GaTe_{2}$ with ultrafast laser writability

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Main Authors: Li, Zefang, Zhang, Huai, Li, Guanqi, Guo, Jiangteng, Wang, Qingping, Deng, Ying, Hu, Yue, Hu, Xuange, Liu, Can, Qin, Minghui, Shen, Xi, Yu, Richeng, Gao, Xingsen, Liao, Zhimin, Liu, Junming, Hou, Zhipeng, Zhu, Yimei, Fu, Xuewen
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author Li, Zefang
Zhang, Huai
Li, Guanqi
Guo, Jiangteng
Wang, Qingping
Deng, Ying
Hu, Yue
Hu, Xuange
Liu, Can
Qin, Minghui
Shen, Xi
Yu, Richeng
Gao, Xingsen
Liao, Zhimin
Liu, Junming
Hou, Zhipeng
Zhu, Yimei
Fu, Xuewen
author_facet Li, Zefang
Zhang, Huai
Li, Guanqi
Guo, Jiangteng
Wang, Qingping
Deng, Ying
Hu, Yue
Hu, Xuange
Liu, Can
Qin, Minghui
Shen, Xi
Yu, Richeng
Gao, Xingsen
Liao, Zhimin
Liu, Junming
Hou, Zhipeng
Zhu, Yimei
Fu, Xuewen
contents Realizing room-temperature magnetic skyrmions in two-dimensional van der Waals ferromagnets offers unparalleled prospects for future spintronic applications. However, due to the intrinsic spin fluctuations that suppress atomic long-range magnetic order and the inherent inversion crystal symmetry that excludes the presence of the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction, achieving room-temperature skyrmions in 2D magnets remains a formidable challenge. In this study, we target room-temperature 2D magnet $\rm Fe_3GaTe_2$ and unveil that the introduction of iron-deficient into this compound enables spatial inversion symmetry breaking, thus inducing a significant Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction that brings about room-temperature Néel-type skyrmions with unprecedentedly small size. To further enhance the practical applications of this finding, we employ a homemade in-situ optical Lorentz transmission electron microscopy to demonstrate ultrafast writing of skyrmions in $\rm Fe_{3-x}GaTe_2$ using a single femtosecond laser pulse. Our results manifest the $\rm Fe_{3-x}GaTe_2$ as a promising building block for realizing skyrmion-based magneto-optical functionalities.
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spellingShingle Room-temperature sub-100 nm Néel-type skyrmions in non-stoichiometric van der Waals ferromagnet $\rm Fe_{3-x}GaTe_{2}$ with ultrafast laser writability
Li, Zefang
Zhang, Huai
Li, Guanqi
Guo, Jiangteng
Wang, Qingping
Deng, Ying
Hu, Yue
Hu, Xuange
Liu, Can
Qin, Minghui
Shen, Xi
Yu, Richeng
Gao, Xingsen
Liao, Zhimin
Liu, Junming
Hou, Zhipeng
Zhu, Yimei
Fu, Xuewen
Materials Science
Realizing room-temperature magnetic skyrmions in two-dimensional van der Waals ferromagnets offers unparalleled prospects for future spintronic applications. However, due to the intrinsic spin fluctuations that suppress atomic long-range magnetic order and the inherent inversion crystal symmetry that excludes the presence of the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction, achieving room-temperature skyrmions in 2D magnets remains a formidable challenge. In this study, we target room-temperature 2D magnet $\rm Fe_3GaTe_2$ and unveil that the introduction of iron-deficient into this compound enables spatial inversion symmetry breaking, thus inducing a significant Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction that brings about room-temperature Néel-type skyrmions with unprecedentedly small size. To further enhance the practical applications of this finding, we employ a homemade in-situ optical Lorentz transmission electron microscopy to demonstrate ultrafast writing of skyrmions in $\rm Fe_{3-x}GaTe_2$ using a single femtosecond laser pulse. Our results manifest the $\rm Fe_{3-x}GaTe_2$ as a promising building block for realizing skyrmion-based magneto-optical functionalities.
title Room-temperature sub-100 nm Néel-type skyrmions in non-stoichiometric van der Waals ferromagnet $\rm Fe_{3-x}GaTe_{2}$ with ultrafast laser writability
topic Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.13770