Anisotropic Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction in ultrathin epitaxial Au/Co/W(110)

作者:Camosi Lorenzo*; Rohart Stanislas; Fruchart Olivier; Pizzini Stefania; Belmeguenai Mohamed; Roussigne Yves; Stashkevich Andrei; Cherif Salim Mourad; Ranno Laurent; de Santis Maurizio; Vogel Jan
来源:Physical Review B, 2017, 95(21): 214422.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.95.214422

摘要

We used Brillouin light scattering spectroscopy to independently determine the in-plane magnetocrystalline anisotropy and the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI) in out-of-plane magnetized Au/Co/W(110). We found that the DMI strength is 2-3 times larger along the bcc[(1) over bar 10] than along the bcc[001] direction. We use analytical considerations to illustrate the relationship between the crystal symmetry of the stack and the anisotropy of microscopic DMI. Such an anisotropic DMI is the first step to realize isolated elliptical skyrmions or antiskyrmions in thin-film systems with C-2v symmetry.

  • 出版日期2017-6-27
  • 单位中国地震局