Disentangling factors governing Dzyaloshinskii domain-wall creep in Co/Ni thin films using seed layers

D Lau, JP Pellegren, HT Nembach, JM Shaw… - Physical Review B, 2018 - APS
D Lau, JP Pellegren, HT Nembach, JM Shaw, V Sokalski
Physical Review B, 2018APS
We characterize asymmetric growth of magnetic bubble domains in perpendicularly
magnetized Co/Ni multilayers grown on Pt x Ir 1− x seed layers by application of
perpendicular and in-plane magnetic fields. Using a refined model of domain wall creep that
incorporates contributions from the anisotropic elastic energy, ɛ, and a chirality-dependent
prefactor, v 0, we elucidate factors that govern the mobility of Dzyaloshinskii domain walls as
a function of seed-layer composition. The interfacial Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI) …
We characterize asymmetric growth of magnetic bubble domains in perpendicularly magnetized Co/Ni multilayers grown on seed layers by application of perpendicular and in-plane magnetic fields. Using a refined model of domain wall creep that incorporates contributions from the anisotropic elastic energy, ɛ, and a chirality-dependent prefactor, , we elucidate factors that govern the mobility of Dzyaloshinskii domain walls as a function of seed-layer composition. The interfacial Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI) magnitude is found to decrease monotonically with , which is independently confirmed by Brillouin light scattering. Moreover, the persistence of significant asymmetry in velocity curves across the full composition range supports previous assertions that a chirality-dependent attempt frequency akin to chiral damping could play a critical role in the observed trends. This work helps resolve fundamental questions about the factors governing Dzyaloshinskii domain-wall creep and demonstrates varying Pt-Ir seed-layer composition as a method to tune DMI.
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