Interfacial Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction arising from rare-earth orbital magnetism in insulating magnetic oxides

Lucas Caretta; Ethan Rosenberg; Felix Büttner; Takian Fakhrul; Pierluigi Gargiani; Manuel Valvidares; Zhen Chen; Pooja Reddy; David A. Muller; Caroline A. Ross; Geoffrey S. D. Beach

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-14924-7

Nature Communications (Feb 2020)

Interfacial Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction arising from rare-earth orbital magnetism in insulating magnetic oxides

Lucas Caretta,
Ethan Rosenberg,
Felix Büttner,
Takian Fakhrul,
Pierluigi Gargiani,
Manuel Valvidares,
Zhen Chen,
Pooja Reddy,
David A. Muller,
Caroline A. Ross,
Geoffrey S. D. Beach

Affiliations

Lucas Caretta: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ethan Rosenberg: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Felix Büttner: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Takian Fakhrul: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Pierluigi Gargiani: ALBA Synchrotron Light Source
Manuel Valvidares: ALBA Synchrotron Light Source
Zhen Chen: School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University
Pooja Reddy: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
David A. Muller: School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University
Caroline A. Ross: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Geoffrey S. D. Beach: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14924-7
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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The origin of interfacial Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (iDMI) in insulating magnetic oxides remains unclear. Here, Caretta et al. find that an intrinsic spin-orbit coupling due to rare-earth orbital magnetism generates iDMI at mirror symmetry-breaking interfaces of magnetized iron garnets Tm3Fe5O12.

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ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
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Country of publisher: United Kingdom
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