Anisotropy induced spin re-orientation in chemically-modulated amorphous ferrimagnetic films

作     者：Kirk, E. Bull, C. Finizio, S. Sepehri-Amin, H. Wintz, S. Suszka, A.K. Bingham, N.S. Warnicke, P. Hono, K. Nutter, P.W. Raabe, J. Hrkac, G. Thomson, T. Heyderman, L.J. 

作者机构：Laboratory for Mesoscopic Systems Department of Materials ETH Zurich Zurich8093 Switzerland Paul Scherrer Institute Villigen PSI5232 Switzerland Department of Computer Science University of Manchester Oxford Road ManchesterM13 9PL United Kingdom Research Center for Magnetic and Spintronic Materials National Institute for Materials Science Tsukuba305-0047 Japan College of Engineering Mathematics and Physical Sciences University of Exeter North Park Road ExeterEX4 4QF United Kingdom 

出 版 物：《arXiv》 (arXiv)

年 卷 期：2020年

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摘      要：The ability to tune the competition between the in-plane and out-of-plane orientation of magnetization provides a means to construct thermal sensors with a sharp spin re-orientation transition at specific temperatures. We have observed such a tuneable, temperature driven spin re-orientation in structurally amorphous, ferrimagnetic rare earth-transition metal (RE-TM) alloy thin films using scanning transmission X-ray microscopy (STXM) and magnetic measurements. The nature of the spin re-orientation transition in FeGd can be fully explained by a non-equilibrium, nanoscale modulation of the chemical composition of the films. This modulation leads to a magnetic domain pattern of nanoscale speckles superimposed on a background of in-plane domains that form Laudau configurations in micron-scale patterned elements. It is this speckle magnetic structure that gives rise to a sharp two step-reversal mechanism that is temperature dependent. The possibility to balance competing anisotropies through the temperature opens opportunities to create and manipulate topological spin textures. Copyright © 2020, The Authors. All rights reserved.