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Spin texture dynamics in amorphous Fe-Ge films

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Abstract

Logic and memory devices created from novel spin-orbit materials are scalable and energy-efficient alternate to the current CMOS devices. Recent studies show that spin textures and Skyrmions that have been observed in well-known ferrimagnet FeGe can also form in pseudo-amorphous FexG1-x films (a-FeGe) due to a local DMI interaction. Yet, the exact magnetic field-temperature phase diagram and the nature of the magnetic transitions are yet to be understood. We used resonant coherent x-ray scattering and studied magnetic order parameters and spin texture dynamics across two magnetic phase transitions in a-FeGe. Characteristic curvatures from respective one-time correlation functions indicate the distinct dynamical behavior of the helical and skyrmion textures.

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Presenters

  • Xiaoqian Chen

    Brookhaven National Laboratory

Authors

  • Xiaoqian Chen

    Brookhaven National Laboratory

  • Robert Streubel

    Physics and Astronomy, University of Nebraska - Lincoln, Condensed Matter & Materials Physics, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • Dinah Simone D Bouma

    University of California Berkeley

  • Roland Koch

    Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

  • Sophie A Morley

    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, lawrence National Lab

  • Stephen Douglas Kevan

    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

  • Frances Hellman

    Physics, University of California, Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California Berkeley

  • Peter Fischer

    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, Santa Cruz

  • Sujoy Roy

    Advanced Light Source, Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory