The role of magnetic dipolar interactions in skyrmion lattices

Fuente: arXiv
Gespeichert in:
Bibliographische Detailangaben
Hauptverfasser: Jefremovas, Elizabeth M, Leutner, Kilian, Fischer, Miriam G, Marqués-Marchán, Jorge, Winkler, Thomas B, Asenjo, Agustina, Frömter, Robert, Sinova, Jairo, Kläui, Mathias
Format: Preprint
Veröffentlicht: 2024
Schlagworte:
Online-Zugang:
Tags: Tag hinzufügen
Keine Tags, Fügen Sie den ersten Tag hinzu!
_version_ 1866916307568427008
author Jefremovas, Elizabeth M
Leutner, Kilian
Fischer, Miriam G
Marqués-Marchán, Jorge
Winkler, Thomas B
Asenjo, Agustina
Frömter, Robert
Sinova, Jairo
Kläui, Mathias
author_facet Jefremovas, Elizabeth M
Leutner, Kilian
Fischer, Miriam G
Marqués-Marchán, Jorge
Winkler, Thomas B
Asenjo, Agustina
Frömter, Robert
Sinova, Jairo
Kläui, Mathias
contents Magnetic skyrmions are promising candidates for information and storage technologies. In the last years, magnetic multilayer systems have been tuned to enable room-temperature skyrmions, stable even in the absence of external magnetic field. There are several models describing the properties of an isolated skyrmion in a homogeneous background for single repetition multilayer stack, however, the description on how the equilibrium skyrmion size in lattices scales with increasing the number of repetitions of the stack remains unaddressed. This question is essential for fundamental and practical perspectives, as the behaviour of an ensemble of skyrmions differs from the isolated case. Based on a multilayer stack hosting a skyrmion lattice, we have carried out a series of imaging experiments scaling up the dipolar interaction by repeating $n$ times the multilayer unit, from $n =1$ up to $n=30$. We have developed an analytical description for the skyrmion radius in the whole multilayer regime, $i.e.$, from thin to thick film limits. Furthermore, we provide insight on how nucleation by an externally applied field can give rise to a lattice with more skyrmions (thus, overfilled) than the predicted by the calculations.
format Preprint
id arxiv_https___arxiv_org_abs_2407_00539
institution arXiv
publishDate 2024
record_format arxiv
spellingShingle The role of magnetic dipolar interactions in skyrmion lattices
Jefremovas, Elizabeth M
Leutner, Kilian
Fischer, Miriam G
Marqués-Marchán, Jorge
Winkler, Thomas B
Asenjo, Agustina
Frömter, Robert
Sinova, Jairo
Kläui, Mathias
Materials Science
Magnetic skyrmions are promising candidates for information and storage technologies. In the last years, magnetic multilayer systems have been tuned to enable room-temperature skyrmions, stable even in the absence of external magnetic field. There are several models describing the properties of an isolated skyrmion in a homogeneous background for single repetition multilayer stack, however, the description on how the equilibrium skyrmion size in lattices scales with increasing the number of repetitions of the stack remains unaddressed. This question is essential for fundamental and practical perspectives, as the behaviour of an ensemble of skyrmions differs from the isolated case. Based on a multilayer stack hosting a skyrmion lattice, we have carried out a series of imaging experiments scaling up the dipolar interaction by repeating $n$ times the multilayer unit, from $n =1$ up to $n=30$. We have developed an analytical description for the skyrmion radius in the whole multilayer regime, $i.e.$, from thin to thick film limits. Furthermore, we provide insight on how nucleation by an externally applied field can give rise to a lattice with more skyrmions (thus, overfilled) than the predicted by the calculations.
title The role of magnetic dipolar interactions in skyrmion lattices
topic Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.00539