Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interaction in noncentrosymmetric superlattices

WS Ham, AM Pradipto, K Yakushiji, K Kim… - npj Computational …, 2021 - nature.com
WS Ham, AM Pradipto, K Yakushiji, K Kim, SH Rhim, K Nakamura, Y Shiota, S Kim, T Ono
npj Computational Materials, 2021nature.com
Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interaction (DMI) is considered as one of the most important energies
for specific chiral textures such as magnetic skyrmions. The keys of generating DMI are the
absence of structural inversion symmetry and exchange energy with spin–orbit coupling.
Therefore, a vast majority of research activities about DMI are mainly limited to heavy
metal/ferromagnet bilayer systems, only focusing on their interfaces. Here, we report an
asymmetric band formation in a superlattices (SL) which arises from inversion symmetry …
Abstract
Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interaction (DMI) is considered as one of the most important energies for specific chiral textures such as magnetic skyrmions. The keys of generating DMI are the absence of structural inversion symmetry and exchange energy with spin–orbit coupling. Therefore, a vast majority of research activities about DMI are mainly limited to heavy metal/ferromagnet bilayer systems, only focusing on their interfaces. Here, we report an asymmetric band formation in a superlattices (SL) which arises from inversion symmetry breaking in stacking order of atomic layers, implying the role of bulk-like contribution. Such bulk DMI is more than 300% larger than simple sum of interfacial contribution. Moreover, the asymmetric band is largely affected by strong spin–orbit coupling, showing crucial role of a heavy metal even in the non-interfacial origin of DMI. Our work provides more degrees of freedom to design chiral magnets for spintronics applications.
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