Spin disorder control of topological spin texture

Abstract: 

Stabilization of topological spin textures in layered magnets has the potential to drive the development of advanced low-dimensional spintronics devices. However, achieving reliable and flexible manipulation of the topological spin textures beyond skyrmion in a two-dimensional magnet system remains challenging. Here, we demonstrate the introduction of magnetic iron atoms between the van der Waals gap of a layered magnet, Fe3GaTe2, to modify local anisotropic magnetic interactions. Consequently, we present direct observations of the order-disorder skyrmion lattices transition. In addition, non-trivial topological solitons, such as skyrmioniums and skyrmion bags, are realized at room temperature. Our work highlights the influence of random spin control of non-trivial topological spin textures.

Author: 
Zhang H
Shao YT
Chen X
Zhang B
Wang T
Meng F
Xu K
Meisenheimer P
Chen X
Huang X
Behera P
Husain S
Zhu T
Pan H
Jia Y
Settineri N
Giles-Donovan N
He Z
Scholl A
N’Diaye A
Shafer P
Raja A
Xu C
Martin LW
Crommie MF
Yao J
Qiu Z
Majumdar A
Bellaiche L
Muller DA
Birgeneau RJ
Ramesh R
Publication date: 
May 7, 2024
Publication type: 
Journal Article