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We show that stable skyrmions with diameters of a few nanometers can emerge in atomic Pd/Fe bilayers on the Rh(111) surface. Based on density functional theory we calculate the exchange and the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction as well as…

Modulations of interfacial Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (iDMI) on current-driven dynamics of 180$^{\circ}$ domain walls (180DWs) in long and narrow spin valves (LNSVs) with heavy-metal caplayers are systematically investigated. We…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-04-28 Jiaxin Du , Mei Li , Jie Lu

In this work, we have studied the spin dynamics of a synthethic Antiferromagnet (SAFM)$|$Heavy Metal (HM)$|$Ferromagnet (FM) double barrier magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) in presence of Ruderman-Kittel-Kasuya-Yoside interaction (RKKYI),…

Superconductivity · Physics 2023-10-30 Reeta Devi , Nimisha Dutta , Arindam Boruah , Saumen Acharjee

By introducing biquadratic together with usual bilinear ferromagnetic nearest neighbor exchange interaction in a square lattice, we find that the energy of the spin-wave mode is minimized at a finite wavevector for a vanishingly small…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-06-22 Sandip Bera , Sudhansu S. Mandal

Recent studies have shown that material structures, which lack structural inversion symmetry and have high spin-orbit coupling can exhibit chiral magnetic textures and skyrmions which could be a key component for next generation storage…

Since the early 1960's, the discovery of Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI) helped to explain the physical mechanisms behind certain magnetic phenomena, such as net moment in antiferromagnets, or enhanced anisotropy field from heavy…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-05-04 Albert Fert , Mairbek Chshiev , André Thiaville , Hongxin Yang

Magnetic skyrmions and antiskyrmions are topologically protected quasiparticles exhibiting a whirling spin texture in real space. Antiskyrmions offer some advantages over skyrmions as they are expected to have higher stability and can be…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-08-23 Kai Huang , Edward Schwartz , Ding-Fu Shao , Alexey A. Kovalev , Evgeny Y. Tsymbal

The Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI) is at the heart of many modern developments in the research field of spintronics. DMI is known to generate noncollinear magnetic textures, and can take two forms in antiferromagnets: homogeneous…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-10-19 A. Ross , R. Lebrun , O. Gomonay , J. Sinova , A. Kay , D. A. Grave , A. Rothschild , M. Kläui

We report a significant Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI) and perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA) at interfaces comprising hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) and Co. By comparing the behavior of these phenomena at graphene/Co and…

Materials Science · Physics 2021-09-15 Ali Hallal , Jinghua Liang , Fatima Ibrahim , Hongxin Yang , Albert Fert , Mairbek Chshiev

The ground states of square lattice two-dimensional antiferromagnets with anisotropy in an external magnetic field are determined using Monte Carlo simulations and compared to theoretical analysis. We find a new phase in between the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-08-10 Rick Keesman , Mark Raaijmakers , A. E. Baerends , G. T. Barkema , R. A. Duine

Understanding the effects of the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI) has become increasingly important in the context of nanoscale magnetism and spintronics. In this study, we derive a general structure factor equation for an S = 1/2…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-09-03 Evan M. Wilson , Joseph A. Prescott , Jason T. Haraldsen

The interfacial Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI) has been shown to stabilize homochiral N\'eel-type domain walls in thin films with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy and as a result permit them to be propagated by a spin Hall torque.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-10-13 R. A. Khan , P. M. Shepley , A. Hrabec , A. W. J. Wells , B. Ocker , C. H. Marrows , T. A. Moore

We demonstrate the stray-field-mediated skyrmion stabilizing capabilities of ultrathin exchange-decoupled antisymmetric ferromagnetic bilayers based on conventional transition metal materials. Using an asymptotically exact micromagnetic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-04-03 Anne Bernand-Mantel , Valeriy V. Slastikov , Cyrill B. Muratov

The ability to engineer the interactions in assemblies of nanoscale magnets is central to the development of artificial spin systems and spintronic technologies. Following the emergence of the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI) in thin…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-10-05 Aleš Hrabec , Zhaochu Luo , Laura J. Heyderman , Pietro Gambardella

We experimentally demonstrate the formation of room-temperature skyrmions with radii of about 25\,nm in easy-plane anisotropy multilayers with interfacial Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI). We detect the formation of individual…

Topological magnetic textures, characterized by integer topological charge $S$, are potential candidates in future magnetic logic and memory devices, due to their smaller size and expected low threshold current density for their motion. An…

We study a frustrated antiferromagnetic Heisenberg model on a triangular lattice with the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI) in the presence of an external magnetic field and a single-ion anisotropy. Phase diagrams in the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2021-12-14 M. Mohylna , M. Žukovič

Skyrmions refer to small swirling spin structures that emerge in ferromagnetic materials and show promising features to be used as a `bit' of information in future spintronic devices. Our research explores the possibility of nucleating…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-12-31 Tamali Mukherjee , Banasree Sadhukhan , V Satya Narayana Murthy

It is shown that a term in the form of Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI) contributes to the free energy of a ferromagnetic (FM) film on a paramagnetic (PM) (an FM above the critical temperature, Tc) or superconducting (SC) substrate…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-05-24 M. A. Kuznetsov , K. R. Mukhamatchin , A. A. Fraerman

An external off-resonant pumping is proposed as a tool to control the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI) in ferromagnetic layers with strong spin-orbit coupling. Combining theoretical analysis with numerical simulations for an…

Materials Science · Physics 2017-10-10 D. Yudin , D. R. Gulevich , M. Titov