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@INPROCEEDINGS{Bihlmayer:1020988,
author = {Bihlmayer, Gustav and Härtl, Patrik and Leisegang, Markus
and Bode, Matthias and Blügel, Stefan},
title = {{C}onical spin-spirals at a ferromagnet’s surface: a
theoretical analysis},
reportid = {FZJ-2024-00448},
year = {2023},
abstract = {The properties of surface layers of a magnetic material can
differ substantially from those of the bulk material. A
prominent example is the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction
(DMI), resulting from inversion-symmetry breaking at the
surface, but also the magnetic anisotropy and the exchange
interactions are locally modified. Gd(0001) is here a
well-investigated model surface but despite its sensitivity
of exchange interactions, experimental data indicated that
it behaves as homogeneous Heisenberg system [1]. Recent
observations of spin-spirals at the surface of epitaxial
Gd(0001) with spin-polarized scanning tunneling microscopy
let us re-investigate this system. Density functional theory
(DFT) calculations show that not only a sizable DMI can be
found at the Gd(0001) surface but also the exchange
interactions are modified to drive the system locally into a
conical spin-spiral state. Since the magnetic anisotropy and
the exchange interactions with the ferromagnetic bulk
material disfavor non-collinear magnetic states, only slight
modifications of the exchange interactions make these
spirals visible. We explore the phase diagram numerically
and with the help of atomistic spin-dynamics simulations.[1]
C. S. Arnold and D. P. Pappas, Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 5202
(2000)},
month = {Mar},
date = {2023-03-27},
organization = {Frühjahrstagung der DPG (SKM),
Dresden (Germany), 27 Mar 2023 - 31 Mar
2023},
subtyp = {Other},
cin = {PGI-1 / IAS-1},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)PGI-1-20110106 / I:(DE-Juel1)IAS-1-20090406},
pnm = {5211 - Topological Matter (POF4-521)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-5211},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)6},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/1020988},
}