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Zero-field magnetic skyrmions in exchange-biased ferromagnetic-antiferromagnetic bilayers
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Sweden ; Wallenberg Initiative Materials Science for Sustainability, Uppsala University, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5974-6160
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Sweden ; Wallenberg Initiative Materials Science for Sustainability, Uppsala University, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5111-1374
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5134-1978
2024 (English)In: Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, ISSN 0953-8984, E-ISSN 1361-648X, Vol. 36, no 38, article id 385803Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

We report on the stabilization of ferromagnetic skyrmions in zero external magnetic fields, in exchange-biased systems composed of ferromagnetic-antiferromagnetic (FM-AFM) bilayers. By performing atomistic spin dynamics simulations, we study cases of compensated, uncompensated, and partly uncompensated FM-AFM interfaces, and investigate the impact of important parameters such as temperature, inter-plane exchange interaction, Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction, and magnetic anisotropy on the skyrmions appearance and stability. The model with an uncompensated FM-AFM interface leads to the stabilization of individual skyrmions and skyrmion lattices in the FM layer, caused by the effective field from the AFM instead of an external magnetic field. Similarly, in the case of a fully compensated FM-AFM interface, we show that FM skyrmions can be stabilized. We also demonstrate that accounting for interface roughness leads to stabilization of skyrmions both in compensated and uncompensated interface. Moreover, in bilayers with a rough interface, skyrmions in the FM layer are observed for a wide range of exchange interaction values through the FM-AFM interface, and the chirality of the skyrmions depends critically on the exchange interaction.

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Institute of Physics (IOP), 2024. Vol. 36, no 38, article id 385803
Keywords [en]
exchange bias, skyrmions, atomistic spin-dynamics
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Condensed Matter Physics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:his:diva-24983DOI: 10.1088/1361-648X/ad5598ISI: 001254847600001PubMedID: 38848725Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85197363614OAI: oai:DiVA.org:his-24983DiVA, id: diva2:1949815
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Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, 2018.0060Swedish Research CouncilKnut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation
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This work was financially supported by Olle Engkvist Foundation and Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse, Contract 2018.0060. Computations were enabled by resources provided by the Swedish National Infrastructure for Computing (SNIC) at NSC, partially funded by the Swedish Research Council. O E and MP acknowledge support from the Wallenberg Initiative Materials Science for Sustainability (WISE) funded by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation (KAW). O E acknowledges the Swedish Research Council (VR), and STandUPP. A B and O E acknowledge support from eSSENCE. M P acknowledges support from the WISE-WASP initiative.

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