Journal Article

FZJ-2020-02646

http://join2-wiki.gsi.de/foswiki/pub/Main/Artwork/join2_logo100x88.png Atomistic Perspective of Long Lifetimes of Small Skyrmions at Room Temperature

Hoffmann, M. (Corresponding author)FZJ* ; Müller, G. P.FZJ* ; Blügel, S.FZJ*

2020
APS College Park, Md.

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Please use a persistent id in citations: http://hdl.handle.net/2128/25394  doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.247201

Abstract: The current development to employ magnetic skyrmions in novel spintronic device designs has led to a demand for room-temperature-stable skyrmions of ever smaller size. We present extensive studies on skyrmion stability in atomistic magnetic systems in two- and three-dimensional geometries. We show that for materials described by the same micromagnetic parameters, the variation of the atomistic exchange between different neighbors, the stacking order, and the number of layers of the atomic lattice can significantly influence the rate of the thermally activated decay of a skyrmion. These factors alone are important considerations, but we show that their combination can open up novel avenues of materials design in the search for sub-10 nm skyrmions, as their lifetime can be extended by several orders of magnitude.

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Contributing Institute(s):

1. Quanten-Theorie der Materialien (IAS-1)
2. Quanten-Theorie der Materialien (PGI-1)
3. JARA-FIT (JARA-FIT)
4. JARA - HPC (JARA-HPC)

Research Program(s):

1. 142 - Controlling Spin-Based Phenomena (POF3-142) (POF3-142)
2. 143 - Controlling Configuration-Based Phenomena (POF3-143) (POF3-143)

Appears in the scientific report 2020

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