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DOE OSTI2024

Voltage-induced magnetic domain evolution in a phase-change material

Applying voltage to metal–insulator transition (MIT) materials allows electrical actuation of the local electronic phase state. In MIT systems that have the electronic order coupled with the magnetic order, voltage switching of the electronic phase state can also enable the electrical manipulation of magnetic properties. In this work, we utilized x-ray magnetic circular dichroism photoemission electron microscopy (XMCD-PEEM) to investigate the control of magnetic domain configurations in ferromagnetic MIT electrical switches. For applied voltages above a threshold value, the XMCD-PEEM images show that the magnetic domains separate into two distinct regions: one with a high contrast (white/black), indicating well-defined micrometer-scale magnetic domains with a component of their magnetization aligned parallel/antiparallel to the x-ray helicity, and the other with different shades of intermediate contrast (gray). Significant changes in magnetic domain configurations upon voltage biasing were only observed in these gray regions. Furthermore, the voltage-induced magnetic domain separation was found to be bias polarity-dependent, with the gray regions expanding from the opposite sample edge when the applied voltage polarity was reversed. This polarity-dependent electrical control of magnetic domain configurations during the MIT switching opens alternative opportunities in memory applications for magnetic MIT switching materials.

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DOE OSTI2021

Imaging the spin chirality of ferrimagnetic Néel skyrmions stabilized on topological antiferromagnetic Mn 3 Sn

Néel skyrmions are generally realized in asymmetric multilayers made of heavy metals (HMs) and ultrathin ferromagnets possessing strong interfacial Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interactions (iDMIs). Depending on the relative strengths of iDMIs at the interfaces, various types of Néel skyrmions have been suggested, which are typified with characteristically different topological properties and current-driven dynamics. This suggests the importance of a precise quantification of their spin chiralities. In this paper, we explore the possibility of realizing Néel skyrmions in magnetic multilayers without the direct usage of standard HMs. Specifically, through depositing a thin layer of ferrimagnetic (FIM) CoTb layer on top of an antiferromagnetic (AFM) quantum material of composition Mn 3 Sn, the AFM exchange interaction at the asymmetric interface provides an equivalent iDMI for stabilizing FIM Néel skyrmions. Secondly, through using advanced four-dimensional Lorentz scanning transmission electron microscopy (4D LSTEM), in combination with x-ray magnetic circular dichroism photoemission electron microscopy (XMCD-PEEM), we can directly determine the spin chirality of FIM Néel skyrmions. Finally, the present findings not only broaden the phase space for chiral interfacial magnetism but also provide a possibility for future applications of heavy-metal-free skyrmionic devices.

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DOE OSTI2022

Magnetic state switching in FeGa microstructures

This work demonstrates that magnetoelectric composite heterostructures can be designed at the length scale of 10µms that can be switched from a magnetized state to a vortex state, effectively switching the magnetization off, using electric field induced strain. This was accomplished using thin film magnetoelectric heterostructures of Fe 81.4 Ga 18.6 on a single crystal (011) [Pb(Mg 1/3 Nb 2/3 )O 3 ] 0.68 -[PbTiO 3 ] 0.32 (PMN-32PT) ferroelectric substrate. Here, the heterostructures were tripped from a multi-domain magnetized state to a flux closure vortex state using voltage induced strain in a piezoelectric substrate. FeGa heterostructures were deposited on a Si-substrate for superconducting quantum interference device magnetometry characterization of the magnetic properties. The magnetoelectric coupling of a FeGa continuous film on PMN-32PT was characterized using a magneto optical Kerr effect magnetometer with bi-axial strain gauges, and magnetic multi-domain heterostructures were imaged using x-ray magnetic circular dichroism—photoemission electron microscopy during the transition to the vortex state. The domain structures were modelled using MuMax 3 , a micromagnetics code, and compared with observations. The results provide considerable insight into designing magnetoelectric heterostructures that can be switched from an ‘on’ state to an ‘off’ state using electric field induced strain.

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