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体相Cu$_2$OSeO$_3$表面磁螺旋相、斯格明子团簇及斯格明子位移的成像研究

Imaging magnetic spiral phases, skyrmion clusters, and skyrmion displacements at the surface of bulk Cu$_2$OSeO$_3$

E. Marchiori, G. Romagnoli, L. Schneider, B. Gross, P. Sahafi, A. Jordan, R. Budakian, P. R. Baral, A. Magrez, J. S. White, M. Poggio

AI总结:

本文利用扫描SQUID-on-tip显微镜对体相Cu$_2$OSeO$_3$表面磁相进行实空间成像,揭示了低场下的条纹表面态和低温斯格明子相中的无序团簇,并通过探针电势实现了单个斯格明子的局域位移操控。

摘要:

表面——通过破坏体相对称性、引入粗糙度或承载缺陷——能够显著影响磁性材料中的磁有序。确定表面对某些非中心对称磁体中存在的复杂纳米尺度相的影响是一个亟待解决的难题,需要高分辨率磁显微技术。在此,我们使用扫描SQUID-on-tip显微镜在低温下、沿$\left\langle100\right\rangle$方向施加磁场的条件下对体相Cu$_2$OSeO$_3$的表面进行成像。作为外加磁场函数测量的实空间图谱揭示了磁相的微观结构及其转变。在低外加磁场下,我们观察到与面内条纹相一致的磁织构,表明存在一种独特的表面态。在低温斯格明子相中,表面布满了无序斯格明子团簇,这些团簇由倾斜螺旋相的畴破裂而产生。此外,我们通过对扫描探针施加电势,将单个斯格明子从其钉扎位置移开,从而证明了在磁电绝缘体表面实现局域斯格明子操控的能力。

英文摘要:

Surfaces -- by breaking bulk symmetries, introducing roughness, or hosting defects -- can significantly influence magnetic order in magnetic materials. Determining their effect on the complex nanometer-scale phases present in certain non-centrosymmetric magnets is an outstanding problem requiring high-resolution magnetic microscopy. Here, we use scanning SQUID-on-tip microscopy to image the surface of bulk Cu$_2$OSeO$_3$ at low temperature and in a magnetic field applied along $\left\langle100\right\rangle$. Real-space maps measured as a function of applied field reveal the microscopic structure of the magnetic phases and their transitions. In low applied field, we observe a magnetic texture consistent with an in-plane stripe phase, pointing to the existence of a distinct surface state. In the low-temperature skyrmion phase, the surface is populated by clusters of disordered skyrmions, which emerge from rupturing domains of the tilted spiral phase. Furthermore, we displace individual skyrmions from their pinning sites by applying an electric potential to the scanning probe, thereby demonstrating local skyrmion control at the surface of a magnetoelectric insulator.

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