Bulletin of the American Physical Society
APS March Meeting 2012
Volume 57, Number 1
Monday–Friday, February 27–March 2 2012; Boston, Massachusetts
Session H19: Invited Session: Current-Driven Spin Textures
8:00 AM–11:00 AM,
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Room: 253AB
Sponsoring
Units:
DCMP GMAG
Chair: Joseph Orenstein, University of California, Berkeley and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Abstract ID: BAPS.2012.MAR.H19.2
Abstract: H19.00002 : Experimental studies of skyrmion textures and spin torque effects in chiral magnets
8:36 AM–9:12 AM
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Author:
Robert Ritz
(Technical University Munich, Physics Department E21)
Small angle neutron scattering and measurements of a topological Hall signal identify the formation of skyrmion lattices in the non-centrosymmetric B20 compounds MnSi [1], Mn$_{1-x}$Fe$_{x}$Si, Mn$_{1-x}$Co$_{x}$Si and the strongly doped semiconductor Fe$_{1-x}$Co$_{x}$Si [2]. This observation has been confirmed by Lorentz force microscopy in thin samples of Fe$_{1-x}$Co$_{x}$Si, FeGe and, most recently, MnSi, where even individual skyrmions have been spotted [3]. Because the skyrmion lattices are exceptionally weakly pinned to the crystal lattice, extreme care has to be exercised when studying the precise intrinsic morphology of related spin textures in bulk samples. As a particularly striking property each skyrmion supports precisely one quantum of emergent magnetic flux. This permits a highly efficient coupling between skyrmions and conduction electrons which results in spin torque effects at ultra-low current densities as seen in small angle neutron scattering [4] and the emergent electric field when the skyrmions move [5].\\[4pt] Work in collaboration with: T. Adams, A. Bauer, B. Binz, P. B\"oni, G. Brandl, R. A. Duine, K. Everschor, C. Franz, M. Garst, R. Georgii, S. Gottlieb-Sch\"onmeyer, W. Heusler, M. Janoschek, F. Jonietz, T. Keller, K. Mitterm\"uller, S. M\"uhlbauer, W. M\"unzer, A. Neubauer, P.G. Niklowitz, C. Pfleiderer, A. Rosch, T. Schulz, A. Tischendorf, M. Wagner.\\[4pt] [1] S. M\"uhlbauer et al., Science {\bf 323}, 915 (2009); A. Neubauer et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 102}, 186602 (2010); C. Pfleiderer et al., J. Phys. Cond. Matter {\bf 22}, 164207 (2010); T. Adams et al., Phys. Rev. Lett., in press, arXiv/1107.0993. \\[0pt] [2] W. M\"unzer et al., Phys. Rev. B {\bf 81}, 041203(R) (2010). \\[0pt] [3] X. Z. Yu et al., Nature {\bf 465}, 901 (2010); X. Z. Yu et al., Nature Materials {\bf 10}, 106 (2010). \\[0pt] [4] F. Jonietz et al., Science, {\bf 330}, 1648 (2010). \\[0pt] [5] {\it Emergent electrodynamics of skyrmions in a chiral magnet}, T. Schulz, R. Ritz, A. Bauer, M. Halder, M. Wagner, C. Franz, and C. Pfleiderer, K. Everschor, M. Garst, and A. Rosch, preprint 2011.
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