Competition of Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya and Higher-Order Exchange Interactions in Rh/Fe Atomic Bilayers on Ir(111)

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Erscheinungsjahr:
2018
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Schlagworte:
  • Magnets
  • Domain walls
  • Magnetic skyrmions
  • Magnetic Anisotropy
  • Magnetization
  • Magnetism
  • Magnets
  • Domain walls
  • Magnetic skyrmions
  • Magnetic Anisotropy
  • Magnetization
  • Magnetism
Beschreibung:
  • Using spin-polarized scanning tunneling microscopy and density functional theory we demonstrate the occurrence of a novel type of noncollinear spin structure in Rh/Fe atomic bilayers on Ir(111). We find that higher-order exchange interactions depend sensitively on the stacking sequence. For fcc-Rh/Fe/Ir(111), frustrated exchange interactions are dominant and lead to the formation of a spin spiral ground state with a period of about 1.5 nm. For hcp-Rh/Fe/Ir(111), higher-order exchange interactions favor an up-up-down-down (↑↑↓↓) state. However, the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction at the Fe/Ir interface leads to a small angle of about 4° between adjacent magnetic moments resulting in a canted ↑↑↓↓ ground state.
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  • info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
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Forschungsinformationssystem der UHH

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