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@ARTICLE{Jia:884244,
author = {Jia, Hongying and Zimmermann, Bernd and Hoffmann, Markus
and Sallermann, Moritz and Bihlmayer, Gustav and Blügel,
Stefan},
title = {{M}aterial systems for {FM}-/{AFM}-coupled skyrmions in
{C}o/{P}t-based multilayers},
journal = {Physical review materials},
volume = {4},
number = {9},
issn = {2475-9953},
address = {College Park, MD},
publisher = {APS},
reportid = {FZJ-2020-03143},
pages = {094407},
year = {2020},
abstract = {Antiferromagnetically coupled magnetic skyrmions are
considered ideal candidates for high-density information
carriers. This is due to the suppressed skyrmion Hall effect
compared to conventional skyrmions and a smaller size due to
the cancellation of some contributions to the magnetostatic
dipolar fields. By means of systematic first-principles
calculations based on density functional theory we search
for suitable materials that can host antiferromagnetically
coupled skyrmions. We concentrate on fcc-stacked
(111)-oriented metallic $Z$/Co/Pt ($Z=4d$ series: Y$-$Pd,
the noble metals: Cu, Ag, Au, post noble metals: Zn and Cd)
magnetic multilayers of films of monatomic thickness. We
present quantitative trends of magnetic properties: magnetic
moments, interlayer exchange coupling, spin stiffness,
Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction, magnetic anisotropy, and
the critical temperature. We show that some of the $Z$
elements (Zn, Y, Zr, Nb, Tc, Ru, Rh, and Cd) can induce
antiferromagnetic interlayer coupling between the magnetic
Co layers, and that they influence the easy magnetization
axis. Employing a multiscale approach, we transfer the
micromagnetic parameters determined from $ab$ $initio$ to a
micromagnetic energy functional and search for
one-dimensional spin-spiral solutions and two-dimensional
skyrmions. We determine the skyrmion radius by numerically
solving the equation of the skyrmion profile. We found an
analytical expression for the skyrmion radius that covers
our numerical results and is valid for a large regime of
micromagnetic parameters. Based on this expression we have
proposed a model that allows to extrapolate from the $ab$
$initio$ results of monatomic films to multilayers with Co
films consisting of several atomic layers containing 10-nm
skyrmions. We found thickness regimes where tiny changes of
the film thickness may alter the skyrmion radius by orders
of magnitude. We estimated the skyrmion size as function of
temperature and found that the size can easily double going
from cryogenic to room temperature. We suggest promising
material systems for ferromagnetically and
antiferromagnetically coupled spin-spiral and skyrmion
systems.},
cin = {PGI-1 / IAS-1 / JARA-FIT / JARA-HPC},
ddc = {530},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)PGI-1-20110106 / I:(DE-Juel1)IAS-1-20090406 /
$I:(DE-82)080009_20140620$ / $I:(DE-82)080012_20140620$},
pnm = {142 - Controlling Spin-Based Phenomena (POF3-142) / 143 -
Controlling Configuration-Based Phenomena (POF3-143) /
Systematic investigation of magnetic thin films and
multi-layers - towards sub-10nm skyrmions for future data
storage devices $(jara0197_20191101)$ / Magnetic Anisotropy
of Metallic Layered Systems and Nanostructures
$(jiff13_20191101)$},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-142 / G:(DE-HGF)POF3-143 /
$G:(DE-Juel1)jara0197_20191101$ /
$G:(DE-Juel1)jiff13_20191101$},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000573307600005},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.4.094407},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/884244},
}