We present a comparison of the characteristics of the magnetic domain walls in an atomic monolayer of Co on Pt(111) and a Ni/Fe atomic bilayer on Ir(111), based on spin-polarized scanning tunneling microscopy measurements. In both cases, the films exhibit a roughly triangular dislocation line pattern created by epitaxial strain relief, as well as out-of-plane ferromagnetic order. Domains with opposite magnetization are separated by domain walls with a unique rotational sense, demonstrating the important role of the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction induced by the Co/Pt and the Fe/Ir interfaces. The domain walls in Co/Pt(111) are straight and usually found in geometrical constrictions of the film, where they can minimize their length. In contrast, the domain walls in Ni/Fe/Ir(111) follow complicated paths, which can be correlated to the structural triangular pattern. The comparison between the two systems shows that the structural patterns, despite their similarity, have a different impact on the domain walls. In the Co/Pt(111) case, the magnetic state is not influenced by the dislocation line network, in contrast to the Ni/Fe/Ir(111) system in which the formation of the walls is favored at specific positions of the structural pattern.
Interplay of Quantum Size Effect and Tensile Strain on Surface Morphology of Sn(100) Islands
Shanghai Jiao Tong University(上海交通大学);The Pennsylvania State University(宾夕法尼亚州立大学);University of Utah(犹他大学);Hefei National Laboratory(合肥国家实验室);Shanghai Research Center for Quantum Sciences(上海量子科学研究中心)
Ultrathin bismuth-yttrium iron garnet films with tunable magnetic anisotropy
ETH Zurich(苏黎世联邦理工学院);Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Institut Néel(格勒诺布尔阿尔卑斯大学,法国国家科学研究中心,内耳研究所);Kyoto University(京都大学);University of Konstanz(康斯坦茨大学);Instituto de Nanociencia y Materiales de Aragón, CSIC(阿拉贡纳米科学与材料研究所,西班牙国家研究委员会);Universidad de Zaragoza(萨拉戈萨大学)
Ambipolar suppression of superconductivity by ionic gating in optimally-doped BaFe2(As,P)2 ultrathin films
铁基化合物Ba-122家族的超导电性(SC)可以通过异价或等价取代、施加的外部压力和应变来控制,有时在同一样品中研究这些因素的综合影响。大多数情况下,结果限于SC圆顶向不同掺杂值的移位。在少数情况下,最佳掺杂下的最大SC跃迁也可以增强。在这项工作中,我们研究了电荷掺杂与等价P取代和应变的组合,通过对BaFe $_2$(As $_{0.8}$ P $_{0.2}$)$_2$薄膜进行离子门控实验。我们发现,离子门的极化诱导调制的正常状态的输运性质,可以主要归因于表面电荷掺杂。我们表明,离子门控只能移动系统远离最佳条件,因为SC转变温度被电子和空穴掺杂抑制。我们还观察到一个扩大的电阻转变,这表明SC序参量调制非均匀的膜厚度,与早期的报道电荷掺杂的标准BCS超导体和铜酸盐。
Thermal Strain-Driven Periodic Ripples in Ultrathin Sb2Te3/Graphene Heterostructures and their Implications for Strain Engineering
Universidad de Chile(智利大学);CEDENNA;Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez(阿道夫·伊巴涅斯大学);Stanford University(斯坦福大学);Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María(弗雷德里科·圣塔玛利亚技术大学)
Anomalous Hall Effect and Perpendicular Magnetic Anisotropy in Ultrathin Ferrimagnetic NiCo$_2$O$_4$ Films
反尖晶石铁磁NiCo $_2$ O $_4$具有高磁居里温度$T_C$、高自旋极化和应变可调的磁各向异性。了解这些有趣的磁性在NiCo $_2$ O $_4$薄膜的厚度缩放限制是至关重要的,它们在纳米自旋电子应用的实施。本文报道了MgAl $_2$ O $_4$基片上外延(001)NiCo $_2$ O $_4$薄膜在室温下的非常规磁输运性质。反常的霍尔效应测量表明,对于低至1.5个晶胞(1.2 nm)的薄膜,具有强的垂直磁各向异性,而对于3个晶胞和更厚的薄膜,$T_C$保持在300 K以上。反常霍尔电导率($σ_{xy}$)的符号变化及其与纵向电导率($σ_{xx}$)的标度关系可以归因于杂质散射和能带本征Berry曲率之间的竞争效应,后者在厚度驱动的金属-绝缘体转变后消失。我们的研究揭示了薄膜厚度在调整电荷相关、Berry相位效应、自旋轨道相互作用和杂质散射的相对强度方面的关键作用,为设计可扩展的外延磁性隧道结和使用NiCo $_2$ O $_4$的传感器件提供了重要的材料信息。
Electric-field-induced strain-mediated magnetoelectric effect in CoFeB-MgO magnetic tunnel junctions
磁偶极子和电偶极子之间的磁电耦合是现代物理学发展最节能的磁数据存储的基石之一。传统上,磁电耦合是在单相多铁性或磁电复合纳米结构组成的铁磁和铁电/压电材料。本文利用动态磁电和压电响应力显微测量技术,研究了非压电材料的CoFeB/MgO磁性隧道结中的电场诱导应变介导磁电效应。研究表明,外加电场在介电MgO的几个原子层中引起应变,应变被转移到磁致伸缩CoFeB层,导致在-0.5 V下的幅度高达80.8 V cm-1 Oe-1的磁电效应。在磁性隧道结中利用电场介导的磁电效应是朝向探索磁电控制的自旋电子器件的重要一步,低功率和高密度磁数据存储应用。