Engineering skyrmions in transition-metal multilayers for spintronics

B Dupé, G Bihlmayer, M Böttcher, S Blügel… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Magnetic skyrmions are localized, topologically protected spin structures that have been
proposed for storing or processing information due to their intriguing dynamical and …

B–T phase diagram of Pd/Fe/Ir (111) computed with parallel tempering Monte Carlo

M Böttcher, S Heinze, S Egorov, J Sinova… - New Journal of …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
We use an atomistic spin model derived from density functional theory calculations for the
ultra-thin film Pd/Fe/Ir (111) to show that temperature induces coexisting non-zero skyrmion …

Modeling spin waves in noncollinear antiferromagnets: Spin-flop states, spin spirals, skyrmions, and antiskyrmions

FJ Dos Santos, M dos Santos Dias, S Lounis - Physical Review B, 2020 - APS
Spin waves in antiferromagnetic materials have great potential for next-generation
magnonic technologies. However, their properties and their dependence on the type of …

Conical spin-spiral state in an ultrathin film driven by higher-order spin interactions

Y Yoshida, S Schröder, P Ferriani, D Serrate… - Physical review …, 2012 - APS
We report a transverse conical spin spiral as the magnetic ground state of a double-layer Mn
on a<? format?> W (110) surface. Using spin-polarized scanning tunneling microscopy, we …

Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction at an antiferromagnetic interface: First-principles study of Fe/Ir bilayers on Rh (001)

S Meyer, B Dupé, P Ferriani, S Heinze - Physical Review B, 2017 - APS
We study the magnetic interactions in atomic layers of Fe and 5 d transition metals such as
Os, Ir, and Pt on the (001) surface of Rh using first-principles calculations based on density …

Magnetic anisotropy energy of disordered tetragonal Fe-Co systems from ab initio alloy theory

I Turek, J Kudrnovský, K Carva - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter and …, 2012 - APS
We present results of systematic fully relativistic first-principles calculations of the uniaxial
magnetic anisotropy energy (MAE) of a disordered and partially ordered tetragonal Fe-Co …

Topological orbital magnetization and emergent Hall effect of an atomic-scale spin lattice at a surface

M Hoffmann, J Weischenberg, B Dupé, F Freimuth… - Physical Review B, 2015 - APS
We predict the occurrence of a novel type of atomic-scale spin lattice in an Fe monolayer on
the Ir (001) surface. Based on density functional theory calculations we parametrize a spin …

Complex magnetism of iron monolayers on hexagonal transition metal surfaces from first principles

B Hardrat, A Al-Zubi, P Ferriani, S Blügel… - Physical Review B …, 2009 - APS
Using first-principles calculations, we demonstrate that an Fe monolayer can assume very
different magnetic phases on hcp (0001) and fcc (111) surfaces of 4 d-and 5 d-transition …

Distorted state driven by topological-chiral magnetic interactions

S Haldar, S Meyer, A Kubetzka, S Heinze - Physical Review B, 2021 - APS
We predict the occurrence of unexpected magnetic ground states in ultrathin Mn films due to
the frustration of higher-order interactions. Based on density functional theory we show that …

Magnetic phase transition in half-metallic CoMnSb and NiMnSb semi-Heusler alloys upon Cu do**: First-principles calculations

I Galanakis, E Şaşıoğlu, K Özdoğan - Physical Review B—Condensed Matter …, 2008 - APS
We study the effect of the nonmagnetic 3 d atoms on the magnetic properties of the half-
metallic (HM) semi-Heusler alloys Co 1− x Cu x MnSb and Ni 1− x Cu x MnSb (0≤ x≤ 1) …