Anatomy of Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya Interaction at Interfaces

H Yang, A Thiaville, S Rohart, A Fert, M Chshiev - Physical review letters, 2015 - APS
Abstract The Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI) has been recently recognized to play a
crucial role in allowing fast domain wall dynamics driven by spin-orbit torques and the …

Magnetic anisotropy and orbital magnetic moment in Co films and bilayers ( and Pt)

M Cinal - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
Magnetocrystalline anisotropy (MCA) energy and the anisotropy of the orbital magnetic
moment (AOM), relations between them, and methods of their calculation are investigated …

Localized electron states and spin polarization in Co/Ni (111) overlayers

F Gimbert, L Calmels, S Andrieu - Physical Review B, 2011 - APS
We used a surface-dedicated first-principles method to calculate the electronic structure in
Co/Ni (111) overlayers with a Co thickness varying between 1 and 5 monolayers. We …

Magnetic anisotropy in Ta/CoFeB/MgO investigated by x-ray magnetic circular dichroism and first-principles calculation

S Kanai, M Tsujikawa, Y Miura, M Shirai… - Applied Physics …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
We study the spin and orbital magnetic moments in Ta/Co0. 4Fe0. 4B0. 2/MgO by x-ray
magnetic circular dichroism measurements as well as first-principles calculations, in order to …

Structural transitions and magnetic anisotropy in ultrathin Co wedges on Pt (111) investigated with the magneto-optical Kerr effect

D Weller, A Carl, R Savoy, TC Huang, MF Toney… - Journal of Physics and …, 1995 - Elsevier
The high sensitivity of the magneto-optical Kerr effect to details of the electronic structure is
used to identify a structural transition from fcc to hcp in ultrathin Co (111) wedges on Pt …

Topology-dependent interface contribution to magneto-optical response from ultrathin Co films grown on the (001),(110), and (111) surfaces of Pd

M Przybylski, L Yan, J Żukrowski, M Nyvlt, Y Shi… - Physical Review B, 2006 - APS
We have grown ultrathin epitaxial Co films on three low-index surfaces of Pd. Their magnetic
properties studied by the magneto-optical Kerr effect are correlated with the surface …

Asymmetric magnetic domain-wall motion by the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction

SG Je, DH Kim, SC Yoo, BC Min, KJ Lee, SB Choe - Physical Review B, 2013 - APS
We demonstrate here that ultrathin ferromagnetic Pt/Co/Pt films with perpendicular magnetic
anisotropy exhibit a sizable Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI) effect. Such a DMI effect …

Theoretical approaches of magnetism of transition-metal thin films and nanostructures on semi-infinite substrate

H Dreyssé, C Demangeat - Surface science reports, 1997 - Elsevier
Tremendous progress has been made in the field of magnetic materials and technology over
the past few years. Superior properties and novel scientific questions arise from our ability to …

Large anisotropic Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interaction in CoFeB (211)/Pt (110) films

CQ Liu, YB Zhang, GZ Chai, YZ Wu - Applied Physics Letters, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
We investigated the crystalline direction dependent Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interaction (DMI)
in single crystal CoFeB (211)/Pt (110) films utilizing the Brillouin light scattering technique …

Competition of Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya and Higher-Order Exchange Interactions in Atomic Bilayers on Ir(111)

N Romming, H Pralow, A Kubetzka, M Hoffmann… - Physical review …, 2018 - APS
Using spin-polarized scanning tunneling microscopy and density functional theory we
demonstrate the occurrence of a novel type of noncollinear spin structure in Rh/Fe atomic …