Thin film skyrmionics

T Dohi, RM Reeve, M Kläui - Annual Review of Condensed …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
In condensed matter physics, magnetic skyrmions, topologically stabilized magnetic solitons,
have been discovered in various materials systems, which has intrigued the community in …

Helium ions put magnetic skyrmions on the track

R Juge, K Bairagi, KG Rana, J Vogel, M Sall… - Nano Letters, 2021 - ACS Publications
Magnetic skyrmions are deemed to be the forerunners of novel spintronic memory and logic
devices. While their observation and their current-driven motion at room temperature have …

Roadmap for focused ion beam technologies

K Höflich, G Hobler, FI Allen, T Wirtz, G Rius… - Applied Physics …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The focused ion beam (FIB) is a powerful tool for fabrication, modification, and
characterization of materials down to the nanoscale. Starting with the gallium FIB, which was …

Perspective on skyrmion spintronics

CH Marrows, K Zeissler - Applied Physics Letters, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Magnetic skyrmions are attractive for representing data in next-generation spintronic devices
owing to their stability, small size, and ease of manipulation with spin torques. In order to …

Deterministic Generation and Guided Motion of Magnetic Skyrmions by Focused He+-Ion Irradiation

LM Kern, B Pfau, V Deinhart, M Schneider, C Klose… - Nano …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Magnetic skyrmions are quasiparticles with nontrivial topology, envisioned to play a key role
in next-generation data technology while simultaneously attracting fundamental research …

Local control of magnetic interface effects in chiral multilayers using ion irradiation

MCH De Jong, MJ Meijer, J Lucassen, J Van Liempt… - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
In this work we investigate local tuning of the iDMI and perpendicular magnetic anisotropy
(PMA) using focused Ga+ ion beam irradiation, in an Ir| Co| Pt multilayer system. We show …

Skyrmions Under Control—FIB Irradiation as a Versatile Tool for Skyrmion Circuits

V Ahrens, C Kiesselbach, L Gnoli, D Giuliano… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Magnetic data storage and processing offer certain advances over conventional
technologies, amongst which nonvolatility and low power operation are the most …

Precise tuning of skyrmion density in a controllable manner by ion irradiation

Y Hu, S Zhang, Y Zhu, C Song, J Huang… - … Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Magnetic skyrmions are topologically protected spin textures that were found to be
promising candidates for next-generation spintronic devices owing to their small size and …

Local manipulation of skyrmion nucleation in microscale areas of a thin film with nitrogen-ion implantation

Y Zhao, J Wang, L Xu, P Yu, M Hou… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Precise manipulation of skyrmion nucleation in microscale or nanoscale areas of thin films is
a critical issue in developing high-efficient skyrmionic memories and logic devices …

Current-induced nucleation and motion of skyrmions in zero magnetic field

S Mallick, S Panigrahy, G Pradhan, S Rohart - Physical Review Applied, 2022 - APS
We study the stabilization and electrical manipulation of skyrmions in magnetic ultrathin films
in the absence of an applied magnetic field. We show that this requires an increased …