Current-driven dynamics and ratchet effect of skyrmion bubbles in a ferrimagnetic insulator.


Journal

Nature nanotechnology
ISSN: 1748-3395
Titre abrégé: Nat Nanotechnol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101283273

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Aug 2022
Historique:
received: 18 12 2020
accepted: 02 05 2022
pubmed: 6 7 2022
medline: 6 7 2022
entrez: 5 7 2022
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Magnetic skyrmions are compact chiral spin textures that exhibit a rich variety of topological phenomena and hold potential for the development of high-density memory devices and novel computing schemes driven by spin currents. Here, we demonstrate the room-temperature interfacial stabilization and current-driven control of skyrmion bubbles in the ferrimagnetic insulator Tm

Identifiants

pubmed: 35788187
doi: 10.1038/s41565-022-01144-x
pii: 10.1038/s41565-022-01144-x
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

834-841

Subventions

Organisme : Comunidad de Madrid
ID : 2020-T1/IND-20041
Organisme : Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad, Gobierno de España (Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad)
ID : RTI2018-095303-B-C53
Organisme : Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (Swiss National Science Foundation)
ID : 200021-178825
Organisme : Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (Swiss National Science Foundation)
ID : 200021-188414
Organisme : Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (Swiss National Science Foundation)
ID : 200020-175600
Organisme : Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (Swiss National Science Foundation)
ID : PZ00P2-179944
Organisme : Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (Swiss National Science Foundation)
ID : 200020-200465
Organisme : EC | EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020 | H2020 Priority Excellent Science | H2020 European Research Council (H2020 Excellent Science - European Research Council)
ID : Adv 694955-INSEETO

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© 2022. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited.

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Auteurs

Saül Vélez (S)

Department of Materials, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. saul.velez@uam.es.
Condensed Matter Physics Center, Instituto Nicolás Cabrera, and Departamento de Física de la Materia Condensada, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain. saul.velez@uam.es.

Sandra Ruiz-Gómez (S)

Departamento de Física de Materiales, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
Alba Synchrotron Light Facility, Barcelona, Spain.
Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Dresden, Germany.

Jakob Schaab (J)

Department of Materials, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.

Elzbieta Gradauskaite (E)

Department of Materials, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.

Martin S Wörnle (MS)

Department of Physics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.

Pol Welter (P)

Department of Physics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.

Benjamin J Jacot (BJ)

Department of Materials, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.

Christian L Degen (CL)

Department of Physics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.

Morgan Trassin (M)

Department of Materials, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.

Manfred Fiebig (M)

Department of Materials, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.

Pietro Gambardella (P)

Department of Materials, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. pietro.gambardella@mat.ethz.ch.

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