研究目的
Investigating the enhancement of the interfacial Dzyaloshinskii?Moriya interaction (iDMI) in Pt/Co/X/MgO ultra-thin film structures with perpendicular magnetization through the insertion of Ta and Mg layers and thermal annealing.
研究成果
The study demonstrates a significant enhancement of the iDMI in Pt/Co/Ta/MgO systems through thermal annealing, with the DMI constant reaching up to 3.3 mJ m2?. The optimal annealing condition was found to be around 300 ℃ for 0.5 hour. The findings contribute to the development of advanced memory devices by enabling the manipulation of DMI for stabilizing magnetic skyrmions at room-temperature.
研究不足
The study acknowledges the complexity of assessing the exchange stiffness constant (??) due to the annealing process's impact. The actual value of DMI might be higher than estimated if the exchange stiffness increases with annealing temperature.
1:Experimental Design and Method Selection:
The study employed magnetron sputtering at room temperature to deposit multilayers with composition Ta(3 nm)/Pt(4 nm)/Co(1 nm)/X(
2:2 nm)/MgO(t)/Pt(5 nm), where X is Ta or Mg. The effect of thermal annealing on the DMI was investigated by annealing samples at temperatures ranging up to 380 ℃. Sample Selection and Data Sources:
Samples with different MgO thicknesses (t = 0 to
3:0 nm) were prepared to examine the variance of DMI. List of Experimental Equipment and Materials:
An alternating gradient field magnetometers (AGFM) was used to confirm the perpendicular magnetization and characterize the magnetic properties. A Kerr microscope was employed to observe asymmetric domain-wall movement.
4:Experimental Procedures and Operational Workflow:
The strength of DMI was quantified by analyzing domain-wall motion in the presence of an in-plane field. The effective DMI fields were measured using a field-driven creep regime domain expansion method.
5:Data Analysis Methods:
The DMI constant was calculated using values of saturation magnetization (????) and effective anisotropy (????????) obtained from hysteresis loops, and the exchange stiffness constant (??) from literature.
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