Field-driven collapsing dynamics of skyrmions in magnetic multilayers
arXiv:2303.05988 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.107.184416
Abstract
Magnetic skyrmions are fascinating topological particle-like textures promoted by a trade-off among interfacial properties (perpendicular anisotropy and Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI)) and dipolar interactions. Depending on the dominant interaction, complex spin textures, including pure Néel and hybrid skyrmions have been observed in multilayer heterostructures. A quantification of these different spin textures typically requires a depth-reoslved magnetic imaging or scattering techniques. In the present work, we will show qualitatively different collapsing dynamics for pure Néel and hybrid skyrmions induced by a perpendicular magnetic field in two representative systems, [Pt/Co/Ir]15 and [Ta/CoFeB/MgO]15 multilayers. Skyrmions in the former stack undergo two morphological transitions, upon reversing the perpendicular field direction. Skyrmions in [Ta/CoFeB/MgO]15 multilayers exhibit a continuous transition, which is mainly linked to a reversible change of the skyrmion size. A full micromagnetic phase diagram is presented to identify these two collapsing mechanisms as a function of material parameters. Since the two distinct collapsing dynamics rely on the detailed layer-dependent spin structures of skyrmions, they could be used as potential fingerprints for identifying the skyrmion type in magnetic multilayers. Our work suggests the employment of pure and hybrid skyrmions for specific applications, due to the strong correlation between the skyrmion dynamics and 3-dimentional spin profiles.
arXiv comment16 pages, 8 figures
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