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Oscillatory behavior of interlayer Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction by spacer thickness variation

Authors :
The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey
European Research Council
Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España)
Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España)
Demiroglu, Emre [0009-0007-4511-5214]
Avci, Can Onur [0000-0003-1226-2342]
Deger, Caner [0000-0002-8472-1651]
Demiroglu, Emre
Hancioglu, Kaan
Yavuz, Ilhan
Avci, Can Onur
Deger, Caner
The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey
European Research Council
Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España)
Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España)
Demiroglu, Emre [0009-0007-4511-5214]
Avci, Can Onur [0000-0003-1226-2342]
Deger, Caner [0000-0002-8472-1651]
Demiroglu, Emre
Hancioglu, Kaan
Yavuz, Ilhan
Avci, Can Onur
Deger, Caner
Publication Year :
2024

Abstract

The interlayer Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (IL-DMI) has recently emerged as an ingredient promoting chiral orthogonal coupling between adjacent magnetic layers in multilayered systems. IL-DMI offers an additional tuning knob to engineer the magnetic behavior in spintronic devices, which could be useful for nonvolatile logic and memory technologies. Here, we systematically study, via first-principles calculations and the three-site Fert-Lévy model, the spacer thickness dependence of the IL-DMI between an out-of-plane ferrimagnet TbCo and an in-plane ferromagnet Co through Pt, Ir, Pd, and Ru. We observed a damped oscillatory behavior with increasing spacer thickness in all cases with characteristic amplitude and periodicity. Furthermore, we established a direct correlation between the IL-DMI and density of states of bottom and top Co atoms, dominated by the spacer thickness, which is attributed to a hybridization of electronic orbitals. Based on this compelling evidence, we propose that the electronic orbital hybridization contributes to the microscopic origin of the IL-DMI metallic magnetic multilayers. We anticipate that our results will provide insights into the understanding and precise control of IL-DMI in a wide range of materials and spintronic device concepts.

Details

Database :
OAIster
Notes :
English
Publication Type :
Electronic Resource
Accession number :
edsoai.on1442728421
Document Type :
Electronic Resource