Skyrmions in magnetic multilayers

W Jiang, G Chen, K Liu, J Zang, SGE Te Velthuis… - Physics Reports, 2017 - Elsevier
Symmetry breaking together with strong spin–orbit interaction gives rise to many exciting
phenomena within condensed matter physics. A recent example is the existence of chiral …

Interface-induced phenomena in magnetism

F Hellman, A Hoffmann, Y Tserkovnyak… - Reviews of modern …, 2017 - APS
This article reviews static and dynamic interfacial effects in magnetism, focusing on
interfacially driven magnetic effects and phenomena associated with spin-orbit coupling and …

Room-temperature skyrmion shift device for memory application

G Yu, P Upadhyaya, Q Shao, H Wu, G Yin, X Li… - Nano …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Magnetic skyrmions are intensively explored for potential applications in ultralow-energy
data storage and computing. To create practical skyrmionic memory devices, it is necessary …

Asymmetric Spin-wave Dispersion on Fe (110): Direct Evidence of Dzyaloshinskii--Moriya Interaction

K Zakeri, Y Zhang, J Prokop, TH Chuang… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2017 - arxiv.org
The influence of the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction on the spin-wave dispersion in an Fe
double layer grown on W (110) is measured for the first time. It is demonstrated that the …

Interfacial Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya Interaction in Films: Effect of the Heavy-Metal Thickness

S Tacchi, RE Troncoso, M Ahlberg, G Gubbiotti… - Physical review …, 2017 - APS
We report the observation of a Pt layer thickness dependence on the induced interfacial
Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction in ultrathin Pt (d Pt)/CoFeB films. Taking advantage of the …

Enhanced skyrmion stability due to exchange frustration

S von Malottki, B Dupé, PF Bessarab, A Delin… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Skyrmions are localized, topologically non-trivial spin structures which have raised high
hopes for future spintronic applications. A key issue is skyrmion stability with respect to …

Spin decoherence of magnetic atoms on surfaces

F Delgado, J Fernández-Rossier - Progress in Surface Science, 2017 - Elsevier
We review the problem of spin decoherence of magnetic atoms deposited on a surface.
Recent breakthroughs in scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM) make it possible to probe …

[HTML][HTML] Out-of-plane chiral domain wall spin-structures in ultrathin in-plane magnets

G Chen, SP Kang, C Ophus, AT N'Diaye… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Chiral spin textures in ultrathin films, such as skyrmions or chiral domain walls, are believed
to offer large performance advantages in the development of novel spintronics technologies …

Domain-width model for perpendicularly magnetized systems with Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction

TNG Meier, M Kronseder, CH Back - Physical Review B, 2017 - APS
The influence of the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI) on stripe domains in
perpendicularly magnetized thin ferromagnetic films is theoretically and experimentally …

Insight into the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction through first-principles study of chiral magnetic structures

LM Sandratskii - Physical Review B, 2017 - APS
The purpose of the paper is to gain deeper insight into microscopic formation of the
Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI). The paper aims at the development of the physical …