Nature Communications (Jun 2021)

Discovery and characterization of a new type of domain wall in a row-wise antiferromagnet

  • Jonas Spethmann,
  • Martin Grünebohm,
  • Roland Wiesendanger,
  • Kirsten von Bergmann,
  • André Kubetzka

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23760-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Antiferromagnets (AFM) exhibit faster magnetization dynamics, and have immunity to stray fields, making AFMs attractive for spintronic devices. Here, the authors investigate the behaviour of domain walls in AFMs, and find a new type domain wall, a superposition of two adjacent rotational domains.