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
Affiliations
- Sonka Reimers
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham
- Dominik Kriegner
- Institut für Festkörper- und Materialphysik and Würzburg-Dresden Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat, Technische Universität Dresden
- Olena Gomonay
- Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz
- Dina Carbone
- MAX IV Laboratory, Lund University
- Filip Krizek
- Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences
- Vit Novák
- Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences
- Richard P. Campion
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham
- Francesco Maccherozzi
- Diamond Light Source
- Alexander Björling
- MAX IV Laboratory, Lund University
- Oliver J. Amin
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham
- Luke X. Barton
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham
- Stuart F. Poole
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham
- Khalid A. Omari
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham
- Jan Michalička
- Central European Institute of Technology, Brno University of Technology
- Ondřej Man
- Central European Institute of Technology, Brno University of Technology
- Jairo Sinova
- Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz
- Tomáš Jungwirth
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham
- Peter Wadley
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham
- Sarnjeet S. Dhesi
- Diamond Light Source
- Kevin W. Edmonds
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28311-x
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 13,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 7
Abstract
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.
