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First-principles prediction of sub-10-nm skyrmions in Pd/Fe bilayers on Rh(111)
University of Kiel, Germany.
University of Kiel, Germany.
University of Kiel, Germany.
University of Iceland, Iceland;ITMO University, Russia.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3351-7172
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2018 (English)In: Physical Review B, ISSN 2469-9950, E-ISSN 2469-9969, Vol. 98, no 6, article id 060413Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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We show that stable skyrmions with diameters of a few nanometers can emerge in atomic Pd/Fe bilayers on the Rh(111) surface. Based on density functional theory we calculate the exchange and the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction as well as the magnetocrystalline anisotropy energy. The latter two terms are driven by spin-orbit coupling and significantly reduced compared to Pd/Fe bilayers on Ir(111) as expected since Rh and Ir are isoelectronic 4d and 5d transition metals. However, there is still a spin spiral ground state at zero magnetic field. Atomistic spin dynamics simulations show that a skyrmion phase occurs at small magnetic fields of ∼1 T. Skyrmion diameters amount to 2-8 nm and skyrmion lifetimes are up to 1 h at temperatures of 25-45 K. 

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American Physical Society, 2018. Vol. 98, no 6, article id 060413
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Condensed Matter Physics
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Physics, Condensed Matter Physics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-116393DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.98.060413ISI: 000442805800002Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85052729285OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-116393DiVA, id: diva2:1697228
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