Nature Communications (Jul 2020)
Néel-type skyrmion in WTe2/Fe3GeTe2 van der Waals heterostructure
- Yingying Wu,
- Senfu Zhang,
- Junwei Zhang,
- Wei Wang,
- Yang Lin Zhu,
- Jin Hu,
- Gen Yin,
- Kin Wong,
- Chi Fang,
- Caihua Wan,
- Xiufeng Han,
- Qiming Shao,
- Takashi Taniguchi,
- Kenji Watanabe,
- Jiadong Zang,
- Zhiqiang Mao,
- Xixiang Zhang,
- Kang L. Wang
Affiliations
- Yingying Wu
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California—Los Angeles
- Senfu Zhang
- Physical Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
- Junwei Zhang
- Physical Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
- Wei Wang
- Key Laboratory of Flexible Electronics & Institute of Advanced Materials, Jiangsu National Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Materials, Nanjing Tech University
- Yang Lin Zhu
- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University
- Jin Hu
- Department of Physics, University of Arkansas
- Gen Yin
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California—Los Angeles
- Kin Wong
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California—Los Angeles
- Chi Fang
- Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Caihua Wan
- Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Xiufeng Han
- Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Qiming Shao
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California—Los Angeles
- Takashi Taniguchi
- National Institute for Materials Science
- Kenji Watanabe
- National Institute for Materials Science
- Jiadong Zang
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of New Hampshire
- Zhiqiang Mao
- Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University
- Xixiang Zhang
- Physical Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
- Kang L. Wang
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California—Los Angeles
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17566-x
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 11,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 6
Abstract
Strong magnetic interfacial coupling in van der Waals heterostructures provides a new platform for discovering novel physics and effects. Here, the authors report the formation of skyrmion lattice in the WTe2/Fe3GeTe2 van der Waals heterostructure and a Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interaction with a large energy density of 1.0 mJm−2.
