Readout of a antiferromagnetic spintronics systems by strong exchange coupling of Mn2Au and Permalloy

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العنوان: Readout of a antiferromagnetic spintronics systems by strong exchange coupling of Mn2Au and Permalloy
المؤلفون: Bommanaboyena, S. P., Backes, D., Veiga, L. S. I., Dhesi, S. S., Niu, Y. R., Sarpi, B., Denneulin, T., Kovacs, A., Mashoff, T., Gomonay, O., Sinova, J., Everschor-Sitte, K., Schönke, D., Reeve, R. M., Kläui, M., Elmers, H. -J., Jourdan, M.
المصدر: Nature Commun. 12, 6539 (2021)
سنة النشر: 2021
المجموعة: Condensed Matter
مصطلحات موضوعية: Condensed Matter - Materials Science, Condensed Matter - Other Condensed Matter
الوصف: In antiferromagnetic spintronics, the read-out of the staggered magnetization or Neel vector is the key obstacle to harnessing the ultra-fast dynamics and stability of antiferromagnets for novel devices. Here, we demonstrate strong exchange coupling of Mn2Au, a unique metallic antiferromagnet that exhibits Neel spin-orbit torques, with thin ferromagnetic Permalloy layers. This allows us to benefit from the well-estabished read-out methods of ferromagnets, while the essential advantages of antiferromagnetic spintronics are retained. We show one-to-one imprinting of the antiferromagnetic on the ferromagnetic domain pattern. Conversely, alignment of the Permalloy magnetization reorients the Mn2Au Neel vector, an effect, which can be restricted to large magnetic fields by tuning the ferromagnetic layer thickness. To understand the origin of the strong coupling, we carry out high resolution electron microscopy imaging and we find that our growth yields an interface with a well-defined morphology that leads to the strong exchange coupling.
Comment: 9 pages, 5 figures
نوع الوثيقة: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-26892-7
URL الوصول: http://arxiv.org/abs/2106.02333
رقم الأكسشن: edsarx.2106.02333
قاعدة البيانات: arXiv