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@INPROCEEDINGS{MontanezHuaman:1014695,
author = {Montanez Huaman, Liz Margarita and Ahrens, Valentin and
Guasco, Laura and Keller, Thomas and Becherer, Markus and
Pütter, Sabine},
title = {{T}uning of {R}oom {T}emperature {S}kyrmions in
{P}t/{C}o/{T}a {M}ultilayers},
reportid = {FZJ-2023-03400},
year = {2023},
abstract = {Magnetic skyrmions are nanoscale topological objects which
are promising for next-generation information storage
technologies and computing. [1,2] In magnetic multilayers,
they can be stabilized at room temperature. [3-5]. Skyrmions
emerge due to an interplay between several magnetic
contributions. Among them the interfacial
Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya Interaction (DMI) drives the spins
into non-collinear orientation, while the perpendicular
magnetic anisotropy (PMA) favours the out-of-plane
orientation and the shape anisotropy prefers in-plane spin
orientation. To study this competition of energies and the
appearance of skyrmions, we have varied the Co film
thickness as well as the number of repetitions in
[Pt/Co(x)/Ta]$_N$ multilayers. This multilayer system was
chosen because it is an established multilayer system for
skyrmions and results can be compared with existing
investigations, like e.g. [3,6].Polycrystalline [Pt(40
Å)/Co(x)/Ta(19 Å)]$_N$ multilayers were fabricated in a
molecular beam epitaxy setup by thermal deposition on
oxidized Si(001) substrates with a buffer layer of 47 Å Ta
and a 30 Å Pt cap layer. The Co film thickness was varied
between 5 Å and 21 Å, the number of repetitions varied
between 8 and 10.Magnetic force microscopy measurements
reveal the existence of skyrmions at a Co thickness between
9Å and 17 Å. The figure below gives examples with varying
thickness and number of repetitions in indicated magnetic
field. The density of skyrmions as well as their size
varies. In remanence, stable skyrmions form only for the 17
Å Co sample with N=10 otherwise worm domains develop.
Topological Hall effect measurements confirm these
observations. The relationship between these findings is
discussed in this contribution.References [1] A. Fert, V.
Cros, and J. Sampaio, Nature Nanotech 8 (2013) 152. [2] K.
Raab, M.A. Brems, G. Beneke, et al., Nat Commun 13 (2022)
6982. [3] S. Woo, K. Litzius, B. Krüger, M.-Y. Im, L.
Caretta, K. Richter et al., Nat. Mat. 15 (2016) 501 [4] A.
Soumyanarayanan, M. Raju, A. Gonzalez Oyarce, et al., Nature
Mater 16 (2017) 898. [5] T.Dohi, R.M.Reeve and M. Kläui,
Annu Rev. Condens. Matter Phys. 13 (2022) 73. [6] S.Zhang,
J.Zhang, Y.Wen, E.M.Chudnovsky, and Y.Zhang, Comms. Phys. 36
(2018) 1.},
month = {Aug},
date = {2023-08-27},
organization = {Joint European Magnetic Symposia,
Madrid (Spain), 27 Aug 2023 - 1 Sep
2023},
subtyp = {After Call},
cin = {JCNS-4 / JCNS-FRM-II / MLZ},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)JCNS-4-20201012 /
I:(DE-Juel1)JCNS-FRM-II-20110218 / I:(DE-588b)4597118-3},
pnm = {6G4 - Jülich Centre for Neutron Research (JCNS) (FZJ)
(POF4-6G4) / 632 - Materials – Quantum, Complex and
Functional Materials (POF4-632)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-6G4 / G:(DE-HGF)POF4-632},
experiment = {EXP:(DE-MLZ)MBE-MLZ-20151210},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)24},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/1014695},
}