Magnetic Microscopy of Skyrmions in Magnetic Thin Films with Chiral Overlayers
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| author | Hondamuni, Buddhika Balland, Théo Kammerbauer, Fabian Moharana, Ashish Bindu Singh, Amandeep Ozeri, Meital Yochelis, Shira Paltiel, Yossi Dhungel, Omkar Kazi, Zeeshawn Fu, Kai-Mei C. Watanabe, Hideyuki Kläui, Mathias Wickenbrock, Arne Bar-Gill, Nir Wittmann, Angela Budker, Dmitry |
| author_facet | Hondamuni, Buddhika Balland, Théo Kammerbauer, Fabian Moharana, Ashish Bindu Singh, Amandeep Ozeri, Meital Yochelis, Shira Paltiel, Yossi Dhungel, Omkar Kazi, Zeeshawn Fu, Kai-Mei C. Watanabe, Hideyuki Kläui, Mathias Wickenbrock, Arne Bar-Gill, Nir Wittmann, Angela Budker, Dmitry |
| contents | Topologically nontrivial magnetic textures such as skyrmions offer promising opportunities for spintronic applications. In recent years, it has been shown that the magnetic properties of layered materials can be affected by depositing chiral molecules on the surface, while the influence of chiral overlayers on skyrmion properties such as their stability and interactions remains largely unexplored. To address this challenge, we employ wide-field nitrogen-vacancy (NV) magnetometry to directly image skyrmions in chiral-molecule-functionalized magnetic thin films, enabling quantitative mapping of magnetic stray fields over extended areas under ambient conditions. Using pixel-resolved optically detected magnetic resonance (ODMR) combined with controlled magnetic fields, we reproducibly nucleate and probe skyrmion states in CoFeB ferromagnetic samples, enabling quantitative investigation of their properties. We find evidence for enantioselective and magnetic-field-polarity-dependent modifications of skyrmion diameter, spacing, and shape, pointing to a possibility of molecular control of topological spin textures via magneto-chiral coupling. |
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| spellingShingle | Magnetic Microscopy of Skyrmions in Magnetic Thin Films with Chiral Overlayers Hondamuni, Buddhika Balland, Théo Kammerbauer, Fabian Moharana, Ashish Bindu Singh, Amandeep Ozeri, Meital Yochelis, Shira Paltiel, Yossi Dhungel, Omkar Kazi, Zeeshawn Fu, Kai-Mei C. Watanabe, Hideyuki Kläui, Mathias Wickenbrock, Arne Bar-Gill, Nir Wittmann, Angela Budker, Dmitry Materials Science Topologically nontrivial magnetic textures such as skyrmions offer promising opportunities for spintronic applications. In recent years, it has been shown that the magnetic properties of layered materials can be affected by depositing chiral molecules on the surface, while the influence of chiral overlayers on skyrmion properties such as their stability and interactions remains largely unexplored. To address this challenge, we employ wide-field nitrogen-vacancy (NV) magnetometry to directly image skyrmions in chiral-molecule-functionalized magnetic thin films, enabling quantitative mapping of magnetic stray fields over extended areas under ambient conditions. Using pixel-resolved optically detected magnetic resonance (ODMR) combined with controlled magnetic fields, we reproducibly nucleate and probe skyrmion states in CoFeB ferromagnetic samples, enabling quantitative investigation of their properties. We find evidence for enantioselective and magnetic-field-polarity-dependent modifications of skyrmion diameter, spacing, and shape, pointing to a possibility of molecular control of topological spin textures via magneto-chiral coupling. |
| title | Magnetic Microscopy of Skyrmions in Magnetic Thin Films with Chiral Overlayers |
| topic | Materials Science |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.13931 |