Intrinsic stability of magnetic anti-skyrmions in the tetragonal inverse Heusler compound Mn1.4Pt0.9Pd0.1Sn
Magnetic anti-skyrmions are one of several chiral spin textures that are of great current interest both for their topological characteristics and potential spintronic applications. Anti-skyrmions were recently observed in the inverse tetragonal Heusler material Mn 1.4 Pt 0.9 Pd 0.1 Sn. Here we show,...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Nature communications 2019-11, Vol.10 (1), p.1-7, Article 5305 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Magnetic anti-skyrmions are one of several chiral spin textures that are of great current interest both for their topological characteristics and potential spintronic applications. Anti-skyrmions were recently observed in the inverse tetragonal Heusler material Mn
1.4
Pt
0.9
Pd
0.1
Sn. Here we show, using Lorentz transmission electron microscopy, that anti-skyrmions are found over a wide range of temperature and magnetic fields in wedged lamellae formed from single crystals of Mn
1.4
Pt
0.9
Pd
0.1
Sn for thicknesses ranging up to ~250 nm. The temperature-field stability window of the anti-skyrmions varies little with thickness. Using micromagnetic simulations we show that this intrinsic stability of anti-skyrmions can be accounted for by the symmetry of the crystal lattice which is imposed on that of the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya exchange interaction. These distinctive behaviors of anti-skyrmions makes them particularly attractive for spintronic applications.
Magnetic anti-skyrmions—chiral spin textures that could find applications in spintronics—have been recently observed in inverse tetragonal Heusler Mn
1.4
Pt
0.9
Pd
0.1
Sn. Here, the authors observe anti-skyrmions in thin films of Mn
1.4
Pt
0.9
Pd
0.1
Sn over a wide range of temperature and magnetic fields. |
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ISSN: | 2041-1723 2041-1723 |
DOI: | 10.1038/s41467-019-13323-x |