Magnetic skyrmion;
XMCD;
Disorder;
Grain distribution;
DYNAMICS;
LATTICE;
D O I:
10.1016/j.jmmm.2017.10.030
中图分类号:
T [工业技术];
学科分类号:
08 ;
摘要:
We report on the effect of the lateral confinement and a perpendicular magnetic field on isolated room-temperature magnetic skyrmions in sputtered Pt/Co/MgO nanotracks and nanodots. We show that the skyrmions size can be easily tuned by playing on the lateral dimensions of the nanostructures and by using external magnetic field amplitudes of a few mT, which allow to reach sub-100 nm diameters. Our XMCD-PEEM observations also highlight the important role of the pinning on the skyrmions size and stability under an out-of-plane magnetic field. Micromagnetic simulations reveal that the effect of local pinning can be well accounted for by considering the thin film grain structure with local anisotropy variations and reproduce well the dependence of the skyrmion diameter on the magnetic field and the geometry. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
机构:
Univ Paris 06, CNRS, UMR 7612, Equipe Colloides Magnet,Lab LI2C, F-75252 Paris 05, FranceUniv Paris 06, CNRS, UMR 7612, Equipe Colloides Magnet,Lab LI2C, F-75252 Paris 05, France