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The interfacial nature of proximity-induced magnetism and the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction at the Pt/Co interface

Rowan-Robinson, R.M.; Stashkevich, A.A.; Roussigne, Y.; Belmeguenai, M.; Cherif, S-M.; Thiaville, A.; Hase, T.P.A.; Hindmarch, A.T.; Atkinson, D.

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Authors

R.M. Rowan-Robinson

A.A. Stashkevich

Y. Roussigne

M. Belmeguenai

S-M. Cherif

A. Thiaville

T.P.A. Hase



Abstract

The Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction has been shown to stabilise Nèel domain walls in magnetic thin films, allowing high domain wall velocities driven by spin current effects. The interfacial Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (IDMI) occurs at the interface between ferromagnetic and heavy metal layers with strong spin-orbit coupling, but details of the interaction remain to be understood and the role of proximity induced magnetism (PIM) in the heavy metal is unknown. Here IDMI and PIM are reported in Pt determined as a function of Au and Ir spacer layers in Pt/Co/Au,Ir/Pt. Both interactions are found to be sensitive to sub-nanometre changes in the spacer thickness, correlating over sub-monolayer spacer thicknesses, but not for thicker spacers where IDMI continues to change even after PIM is lost.

Citation

Rowan-Robinson, R., Stashkevich, A., Roussigne, Y., Belmeguenai, M., Cherif, S., Thiaville, A., …Atkinson, D. (2017). The interfacial nature of proximity-induced magnetism and the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction at the Pt/Co interface. Scientific Reports, 7(1), Article 16835. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-17137-z

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Nov 22, 2017
Online Publication Date Dec 4, 2017
Publication Date Dec 4, 2017
Deposit Date Jul 11, 2017
Publicly Available Date Dec 4, 2017
Journal Scientific Reports
Publisher Nature Research
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 7
Issue 1
Article Number 16835
DOI https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-17137-z

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