Topological Phase Transformation and Collapse Dynamics of Spin Textures in a Non-Centrosymmetric D_2d System

Autor(en)

Jagannath Jena, Sabri Koraltan, Florian Bruckner, Konstantin Holst, Malleswararao Tangi, Claas Abert, Claudia Felser, Dieter Suess, Stuart S.P. Parkin

Abstrakt

Recently a large variety of non-collinear spin textures have been revealed in various crystals with different symmetry groups. Of particular interest are crystals with D2d symmetry that exhibit a complex variety of stable and metastable spin textures that includes antiskyrmions, elliptical Bloch-skyrmions, fractional-antiskyrmions, fractional Bloch-skyrmions, and type-II trivial-bubbles. The observation of these structures necessitates their stabilization via magnetic field and temperature protocols which demands a thorough understanding of their creation, transformation, and collapse dynamics. Utilizing the real-space imaging capabilities of Lorentz transmission electron microscopy, the generation and annihilation of diverse spin textures in a single D2d Heusler compound are demonstrated. It is showed that antiskyrmions and elliptical Bloch-skyrmions can be deformed into more elaborate elongated magnetic nano-objects through a collapse mechanism. Their elongation is governed by the intrinsic antisymmetric Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya vector exchange interaction and dipolar energy present in the system. Furthermore, antiskyrmions are found to be metastable at all temperatures on field-cooling, while a topological phase transformation from elliptical Bloch-skyrmions to antiskyrmions rather takes places on field-heating. These results are corroborated by micromagnetic simulations and demonstrate the efficient manipulation of different spin textures in a D2d compound by varying field and temperature protocols and represents a critical step toward the application of magnetic skyrmions.

Organisation(en)

Physik Funktioneller Materialien, Computergestützte Physik und Physik der Weichen Materie, Forschungsplattform MMM Mathematics-Magnetism-Materials

Externe Organisation(en)

Max-Planck-Institut für Mikrostrukturphysik, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Max-Planck-Institut für Chemische Physik fester Stoffe

Journal

Advanced Functional Materials

Band

34

Anzahl der Seiten

15

ISSN

1616-301X

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202403358

Publikationsdatum

04-2024

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

103009 Festkörperphysik, 103017 Magnetismus

Schlagwörter

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Allgemeine Chemie, Biomaterials, Allgemeine Materialwissenschaften, Condensed Matter Physics, Electrochemistry

Link zum Portal

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/bbb88ee5-06d1-4a52-b7a3-593da9509733