The interfacial nature of proximity induced magnetism and the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction at the Pt/Co interface
arXiv:1704.01338
Abstract
The Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI) has been shown to stabilise Neél domain walls in magnetic thin films, allowing high domain wall velocities driven by spin current effects. DMI occurs at the interface between ferromagnetic and heavy metal layers with strong spin-orbit coupling, but details of the interaction remain to be understood and the role of proximity induced magnetism (PIM) in the heavy metal is unknown. We report interfacial DMI and PIM in Pt determined as a function of Au and Ir spacer layers in Pt/Co/Au,Ir/Pt. The length-scale for both interactions is sensitive to sub-nanometre changes in the spacer thickness, and they correlate over sub mono-layer spacer thicknesses, but not for thicker spacers. The spacer layer thickness dependence of the Pt PIM for both Au and Ir shows a rapid monotonic decay, while the DMI changes rapidly but has a two-step approach to saturation and continues to change, even after the PIM is lost.
arXiv comment14 pages, including 7 figures
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