Nature Communications (Feb 2022)

Defect-driven antiferromagnetic domain walls in CuMnAs films

  • Sonka Reimers,
  • Dominik Kriegner,
  • Olena Gomonay,
  • Dina Carbone,
  • Filip Krizek,
  • Vit Novák,
  • Richard P. Campion,
  • Francesco Maccherozzi,
  • Alexander Björling,
  • Oliver J. Amin,
  • Luke X. Barton,
  • Stuart F. Poole,
  • Khalid A. Omari,
  • Jan Michalička,
  • Ondřej Man,
  • Jairo Sinova,
  • Tomáš Jungwirth,
  • Peter Wadley,
  • Sarnjeet S. Dhesi,
  • Kevin W. Edmonds

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28311-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Antiferromagnets offer the potential for higher speed and density than ferromagnetic materials for spintronic devices. Here, Reimers et al study the domain structure of CuMnAs, demonstrating the role of defects in stabilizing the location and orientation of antiferromagnetic domain walls.