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Preservation of scalar spin chirality across a metallic spacer in synthetic antiferromagnets with chiral interlayer interactions (2404.07637v4)
Published 11 Apr 2024 in cond-mat.mes-hall
Abstract: Chiral magnetic textures are key for the development of modern spintronic devices. In multilayered thin films, these are typically stabilized via the interfacial intralayer Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI). Additionally, it has been recently observed that DMI may also promote vector spin chirality along the third dimension, coupling spins in different magnetic layers via non-magnetic spacer layers, an effect referred to as interlayer DMI (IL-DMI). This interaction holds promise for 3D nanomagnetism, from the creation of 3D spin structures such as hopfions to new forms of magnetic functionality in the vertical direction via remote control of chiral spin states. Here, we investigate via magnetic X-ray scattering and imaging techniques the chiral nature of orthogonal magnetic states that form in a synthetic antiferromagnet with IL-DMI. We find that the vector spin chirality of the textures formed in an in-plane layer is determined by the net out-of-plane spin configuration of a neighboring layer, leading as a result to complex spin states across a metallic interface where the overall scalar spin chirality is preserved. This work thus uncovers a new flavor of chiral interlayer interactions, demonstrating new ways to control magnetic chirality in three dimensions.
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