|
Records |
Links |
|
Author |
Adami, O.-A.; Jelić, Ž.L.; Xue, C.; Abdel-Hafiez, M.; Hackens, B.; Moshchalkov, V.V.; Milošević, M.V.; Van de Vondel, J.; Silhanek, A.V. |
|
|
Title |
Onset, evolution, and magnetic braking of vortex lattice instabilities in nanostructured superconducting films |
Type |
A1 Journal article |
|
Year |
2015 |
Publication |
Physical review: B: condensed matter and materials physics |
Abbreviated Journal |
Phys Rev B |
|
|
Volume |
92 |
Issue |
92 |
Pages |
134506 |
|
|
Keywords |
A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) |
|
|
Abstract |
In 1976, Larkin and Ovchinnikov [Zh. Eksp. Teor. Fiz. 68, 1915 (1975) [Sov. Phys.–JETP 41, 960 (1976)]] predicted that vortex matter in superconductors driven by an electrical current can undergo an abrupt dynamic transition from a flux-flow regime to a more dissipative state at sufficiently high vortex velocities. Typically, this transition manifests itself as a large voltage jump at a particular current density, so-called instability current density J∗, which is smaller than the depairing current. By tuning the effective pinning strength in Al films, using an artificial periodic pinning array of triangular holes, we show that a unique and well-defined instability current density exists if the pinning is strong, whereas a series of multiple voltage transitions appear in the relatively weaker pinning regime. This behavior is consistent with time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau simulations, where the multiple-step transition can be unambiguously attributed to the progressive development of vortex chains and subsequently phase-slip lines. In addition, we explore experimentally the magnetic braking effects, caused by a thick Cu layer deposited on top of the superconductor, on the instabilities and the vortex ratchet effect. |
|
|
Address |
|
|
|
Corporate Author |
|
Thesis |
|
|
|
Publisher |
|
Place of Publication |
|
Editor |
|
|
|
Language |
|
Wos |
000362433200003 |
Publication Date |
2015-10-08 |
|
|
Series Editor |
|
Series Title |
|
Abbreviated Series Title |
|
|
|
Series Volume |
|
Series Issue |
|
Edition |
|
|
|
ISSN |
1098-0121 |
ISBN |
|
Additional Links |
UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles |
|
|
Impact Factor |
3.836 |
Times cited |
21 |
Open Access |
|
|
|
Notes |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: This work was partially supported by the Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique-FNRS, the Methusalem Funding of the Flemish Government, the Research Foundation-Flanders (FWO), and COST Action MP1201. The work of A.V.S. and Z.L.J. is partially supported by “Mandat d’Impulsion Scientifique” MIS F.4527.13 of the F.R.S.-FNRS. B.H. is an associate researcher of the Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique- FNRS. The authors thank J. Cuppens for the data analysis at the early stage of this work, R. Delamare for his valuable help during the fabrication of the samples, and G. Grimaldi for helpful discussions. |
Approved |
Most recent IF: 3.836; 2015 IF: 3.736 |
|
|
Call Number |
c:irua:128747 |
Serial |
3981 |
|
Permanent link to this record |
|
|
|
|
Author |
Mulkers, J.; Milošević, M.V.; Van Waeyenberge, B. |
|
|
Title |
Cycloidal versus skyrmionic states in mesoscopic chiral magnets |
Type |
A1 Journal article |
|
Year |
2016 |
Publication |
Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics |
Abbreviated Journal |
Phys Rev B |
|
|
Volume |
93 |
Issue |
93 |
Pages |
214405 |
|
|
Keywords |
A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) |
|
|
Abstract |
When subjected to the interfacially induced Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction, the ground state in thin ferromagnetic films with high perpendicular anisotropy is cycloidal. The period of this cycloidal state depends on the strength of the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction. In this work, we have studied the effect of confinement on the magnetic ground state and excited states, and we determined the phase diagram of thin strips and thin square platelets by means of micromagnetic calculations. We show that multiple cycloidal states with different periods can be stable in laterally confined films, where the period of the cycloids does not depend solely on the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction strength but also on the dimensions of the film. The more complex states comprising skyrmions are also found to be stable, though with higher energy. |
|
|
Address |
|
|
|
Corporate Author |
|
Thesis |
|
|
|
Publisher |
|
Place of Publication |
|
Editor |
|
|
|
Language |
|
Wos |
000377298600006 |
Publication Date |
2016-06-06 |
|
|
Series Editor |
|
Series Title |
|
Abbreviated Series Title |
|
|
|
Series Volume |
|
Series Issue |
|
Edition |
|
|
|
ISSN |
2469-9950 |
ISBN |
|
Additional Links |
UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles |
|
|
Impact Factor |
3.836 |
Times cited |
28 |
Open Access |
|
|
|
Notes |
; ; |
Approved |
Most recent IF: 3.836 |
|
|
Call Number |
c:irua:133919 |
Serial |
4081 |
|
Permanent link to this record |
|
|
|
|
Author |
Craco, L.; Carara, S.S.; da Silva Pereira, T.A.; Milošević, M.V. |
|
|
Title |
Electronic states in an atomistic carbon quantum dot patterned in graphene |
Type |
A1 Journal article |
|
Year |
2016 |
Publication |
Physical review B |
Abbreviated Journal |
Phys Rev B |
|
|
Volume |
93 |
Issue |
93 |
Pages |
155417 |
|
|
Keywords |
A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) |
|
|
Abstract |
We reveal the emergence of metallicKondo clouds in an atomistic carbon quantum dot, realized as a single-atom junction in a suitably patterned graphene nanoflake. Using density functional dynamical mean-field theory (DFDMFT) we show how correlation effects lead to striking features in the electronic structure of our device, and how those are enhanced by the electron-electron interactions when graphene is patterned at the atomistic scale. Our setup provides a well-controlled environment to understand the principles behind the orbital-selective Kondo physics and the interplay between orbital and spin degrees of freedom in carbon-based nanomaterials, which indicate new pathways for spintronics in atomically patterned graphene. |
|
|
Address |
|
|
|
Corporate Author |
|
Thesis |
|
|
|
Publisher |
|
Place of Publication |
|
Editor |
|
|
|
Language |
|
Wos |
000373760900004 |
Publication Date |
2016-04-12 |
|
|
Series Editor |
|
Series Title |
|
Abbreviated Series Title |
|
|
|
Series Volume |
|
Series Issue |
|
Edition |
|
|
|
ISSN |
2469-9950;2469-9969; |
ISBN |
|
Additional Links |
UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles |
|
|
Impact Factor |
3.836 |
Times cited |
6 |
Open Access |
|
|
|
Notes |
; L.C.'s work is supported by CNPq (Proc. No. 307487/2014-8). Acknowledgment (L.C.) is also made to G. Seifert for discussions and the Department of Theoretical Chemistry at Technical University Dresden for hospitality. T.A.S.P. thanks PRONEX/CNPq/FAPEMAT 850109/2009 for financial support. M.V.M. acknowledges support from Research Foundation-Flanders (FWO), TOPBOF, and the CAPES-PVE program. ; |
Approved |
Most recent IF: 3.836 |
|
|
Call Number |
UA @ lucian @ c:irua:133260 |
Serial |
4171 |
|
Permanent link to this record |
|
|
|
|
Author |
Cabral, L.R.E.; de Aquino, B.R.C.H.T.; de Souza Silva, C.C.; Milošević, M.V.; Peeters, F.M. |
|
|
Title |
Two-shell vortex and antivortex dynamics in a Corbino superconducting disk |
Type |
A1 Journal article |
|
Year |
2016 |
Publication |
Physical review : B : condensed matter and materials physics |
Abbreviated Journal |
Phys Rev B |
|
|
Volume |
93 |
Issue |
93 |
Pages |
014515 |
|
|
Keywords |
A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) |
|
|
Abstract |
We examine theoretically the dynamics of two vortex shells in pinning-free superconducting thin disks in the Corbino geometry. In the first considered case, the inner shell is composed of vortices and the outer one of antivortices, corresponding to a state induced by the stray field of an off-plane magnetic dipole placed on top of the superconductor. In the second considered case, both shells comprise vortices induced by a homogeneous external field. We derive the equation of motion for each shell within the Bardeen-Stephen model and study the dynamics analytically by assuming both shells are rigid and commensurate. In both cases, two distinct regimes for vortex shell motion are identified: For low applied currents the entire configuration rotates rigidly, while above a threshold current the shells decouple from each other and rotate at different angular velocities. Analytical expressions for the decoupling current, the recombination time in the decoupled phases, as well as the voltage-current characteristics are presented. Our analytical results are in excellent agreement with numerical molecular dynamics simulations of the full many-vortex problem. |
|
|
Address |
|
|
|
Corporate Author |
|
Thesis |
|
|
|
Publisher |
|
Place of Publication |
Lancaster, Pa |
Editor |
|
|
|
Language |
|
Wos |
000368481600003 |
Publication Date |
2016-01-25 |
|
|
Series Editor |
|
Series Title |
|
Abbreviated Series Title |
|
|
|
Series Volume |
|
Series Issue |
|
Edition |
|
|
|
ISSN |
1098-0121; 1550-235x |
ISBN |
|
Additional Links |
UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles |
|
|
Impact Factor |
3.836 |
Times cited |
7 |
Open Access |
|
|
|
Notes |
; This work was supported by the Brazilian Science Agencies CAPES, CNPq, and FACEPE under Grants No. APQ-1381-1.05/12, No. APQ 2017-1.05/12, and No. APQ-0598/1.05-08 and by EU-COST Action No. MP1201 and the Research Foundation-Flanders (FWO). ; |
Approved |
Most recent IF: 3.836 |
|
|
Call Number |
UA @ lucian @ c:irua:131541 |
Serial |
4270 |
|
Permanent link to this record |
|
|
|
|
Author |
Fernández Becerra, V.; Sardella, E.; Peeters, F.M.; Milošević, M.V. |
|
|
Title |
Vortical versus skyrmionic states in mesoscopic p-wave superconductors |
Type |
A1 Journal article |
|
Year |
2016 |
Publication |
Physical review B |
Abbreviated Journal |
Phys Rev B |
|
|
Volume |
93 |
Issue |
93 |
Pages |
014518 |
|
|
Keywords |
A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) |
|
|
Abstract |
We investigate the superconducting states that arise as a consequence of mesoscopic confinement and a multicomponent order parameter in the Ginzburg-Landau model for p-wave superconductivity. Conventional vortices, but also half-quantum vortices and skyrmions, are found as the applied magnetic field and the anisotropy parameters of the Fermi surface are varied. The solutions are well differentiated by a topological charge that for skyrmions is given by the Hopf invariant and for vortices by the circulation of the superconducting velocity. We revealed several unique states combining vortices and skyrmions, their possible reconfiguration with varied magnetic field, as well as temporal and field-induced transitions between vortical and skyrmionic states. |
|
|
Address |
|
|
|
Corporate Author |
|
Thesis |
|
|
|
Publisher |
|
Place of Publication |
|
Editor |
|
|
|
Language |
|
Wos |
000369217400004 |
Publication Date |
2016-01-29 |
|
|
Series Editor |
|
Series Title |
|
Abbreviated Series Title |
|
|
|
Series Volume |
|
Series Issue |
|
Edition |
|
|
|
ISSN |
2469-9950;2469-9969; |
ISBN |
|
Additional Links |
UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles |
|
|
Impact Factor |
3.836 |
Times cited |
28 |
Open Access |
|
|
|
Notes |
; This work was supported by the Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO). E.S. acknowledges support from the Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo (FAPESP). ; |
Approved |
Most recent IF: 3.836 |
|
|
Call Number |
UA @ lucian @ c:irua:131581 |
Serial |
4275 |
|
Permanent link to this record |
|
|
|
|
Author |
Vagov, A.; Shanenko, A.A.; Milošević, M.V.; Axt, V.M.; Vinokur, V.M.; Aguiar, J.A.; Peeters, F.M. |
|
|
Title |
Superconductivity between standard types: Multiband versus single-band materials |
Type |
A1 Journal article |
|
Year |
2016 |
Publication |
Physical review B |
Abbreviated Journal |
Phys Rev B |
|
|
Volume |
93 |
Issue |
93 |
Pages |
174503 |
|
|
Keywords |
A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) |
|
|
Abstract |
|
|
|
Address |
|
|
|
Corporate Author |
|
Thesis |
|
|
|
Publisher |
|
Place of Publication |
|
Editor |
|
|
|
Language |
|
Wos |
000375527500001 |
Publication Date |
2016-05-06 |
|
|
Series Editor |
|
Series Title |
|
Abbreviated Series Title |
|
|
|
Series Volume |
|
Series Issue |
|
Edition |
|
|
|
ISSN |
2469-9950 |
ISBN |
|
Additional Links |
UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles |
|
|
Impact Factor |
3.836 |
Times cited |
37 |
Open Access |
|
|
|
Notes |
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, 307552/2012-8 141911/2012-3 ; Fundação de Amparo à Ciência e Tecnologia do Estado de Pernambuco, APQ-0589-1.05/08 ; U.S. Department of Energy; |
Approved |
Most recent IF: 3.836 |
|
|
Call Number |
CMT @ cmt @ c:irua:141732 |
Serial |
4480 |
|
Permanent link to this record |
|
|
|
|
Author |
Zhang, L.; Fernández Becerra, V.; Covaci, L.; Milošević, M.V. |
|
|
Title |
Electronic properties of emergent topological defects in chiral p-wave superconductivity |
Type |
A1 Journal article |
|
Year |
2016 |
Publication |
Physical review B |
Abbreviated Journal |
Phys Rev B |
|
|
Volume |
94 |
Issue |
94 |
Pages |
024520 |
|
|
Keywords |
A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) |
|
|
Abstract |
Chiral p-wave superconductors in applied magnetic field can exhibit more complex topological defects than just conventional superconducting vortices, due to the two-component order parameter (OP) and the broken time-reversal symmetry. We investigate the electronic properties of those exotic states, some of which contain clusters of one-component vortices in chiral components of the OP and/or exhibit skyrmionic character in the relative OP space, all obtained as a self-consistent solution of the microscopic Bogoliubov-de Gennes equations. We reveal the link between the local density of states (LDOS) of the novel topological states and the behavior of the chiral domain wall between the OP components, enabling direct identification of those states in scanning tunneling microscopy. For example, a skyrmion always contains a closed chiral domain wall, which is found to be mapped exactly by zero-bias peaks in LDOS. Moreover, the LDOS exhibits electron-hole asymmetry, which is different from the LDOS of conventional vortex states with same vorticity. Finally, we present the magnetic field and temperature dependence of the properties of a skyrmion, indicating that this topological defect can be surprisingly large in size, and can be pinned by an artificially indented nonsuperconducting closed path in the sample. These features are expected to facilitate the experimental observation of skyrmionic states, thereby enabling experimental verification of chirality in emerging superconducting materials. |
|
|
Address |
|
|
|
Corporate Author |
|
Thesis |
|
|
|
Publisher |
American Physical Society |
Place of Publication |
New York, N.Y |
Editor |
|
|
|
Language |
|
Wos |
000381479500002 |
Publication Date |
2016-07-26 |
|
|
Series Editor |
|
Series Title |
|
Abbreviated Series Title |
|
|
|
Series Volume |
|
Series Issue |
|
Edition |
|
|
|
ISSN |
2469-9969 |
ISBN |
|
Additional Links |
UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles |
|
|
Impact Factor |
3.836 |
Times cited |
27 |
Open Access |
|
|
|
Notes |
; This work was supported by the Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (FWO). ; |
Approved |
Most recent IF: 3.836 |
|
|
Call Number |
UA @ lucian @ c:irua:135742 |
Serial |
4303 |
|
Permanent link to this record |
|
|
|
|
Author |
Klimin, S.N.; Tempere, J.; Verhelst, N.; Milošević, M.V. |
|
|
Title |
Finite-temperature vortices in a rotating Fermi gas |
Type |
A1 Journal article |
|
Year |
2016 |
Publication |
Physical review A |
Abbreviated Journal |
Phys Rev A |
|
|
Volume |
94 |
Issue |
94 |
Pages |
023620 |
|
|
Keywords |
A1 Journal article; Theory of quantum systems and complex systems; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) |
|
|
Abstract |
Vortices and vortex arrays have been used as a hallmark of superfluidity in rotated, ultracold Fermi gases. These superfluids can be described in terms of an effective field theory for a macroscopic wave function representing the field of condensed pairs, analogous to the Ginzburg-Landau theory for superconductors. Here we establish how rotation modifies this effective field theory, by rederiving it starting from the action of Fermi gas in the rotating frame of reference. The rotation leads to the appearance of an effective vector potential, and the coupling strength of this vector potential to the macroscopic wave function depends on the interaction strength between the fermions, due to a renormalization of the pair effective mass in the effective field theory. The mass renormalization derived here is in agreement with results of functional renormalization-group theory. In the extreme Bose-Einstein condensate regime, the pair effective mass tends to twice the fermion mass, in agreement with the physical picture of a weakly interacting Bose gas of molecular pairs. Then we use our macroscopic-wave-function description to study vortices and the critical rotation frequencies to form them. Equilibrium vortex state diagrams are derived and they are in good agreement with available results of the Bogoliubov-de Gennes theory and with experimental data. |
|
|
Address |
|
|
|
Corporate Author |
|
Thesis |
|
|
|
Publisher |
American Physical Society |
Place of Publication |
New York, N.Y. |
Editor |
|
|
|
Language |
|
Wos |
000381473100001 |
Publication Date |
2016-08-16 |
|
|
Series Editor |
|
Series Title |
|
Abbreviated Series Title |
|
|
|
Series Volume |
|
Series Issue |
|
Edition |
|
|
|
ISSN |
2469-9934 |
ISBN |
|
Additional Links |
UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles |
|
|
Impact Factor |
2.925 |
Times cited |
6 |
Open Access |
|
|
|
Notes |
; We are grateful to G. C. Strinati and H. Warringa for valuable discussions. This research was supported by the Flemish Research Foundation Projects No. G.0115.12N, No. G.0119.12N, No. G.0122.12N, and No. G.0429.15N, by the Scientific Research Network of the Flemish Research Foundation, Grant No. WO.033.09N, and by the Research Fund of the University of Antwerp. ; |
Approved |
Most recent IF: 2.925 |
|
|
Call Number |
UA @ lucian @ c:irua:135686 |
Serial |
4304 |
|
Permanent link to this record |
|
|
|
|
Author |
Bekaert, J.; Vercauteren, S.; Aperis, A.; Komendová, L.; Prozorov, R.; Partoens, B.; Milošević, M.V. |
|
|
Title |
Anisotropic type-I superconductivity and anomalous superfluid density in OsB2 |
Type |
A1 Journal article |
|
Year |
2016 |
Publication |
Physical review B |
Abbreviated Journal |
Phys Rev B |
|
|
Volume |
94 |
Issue |
94 |
Pages |
144506 |
|
|
Keywords |
A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) |
|
|
Abstract |
We present a microscopic study of superconductivity in OsB2 , and discuss the origin and characteristic length
scales of the superconducting state. From first-principles we show that OsB2 is characterized by three different
Fermi sheets, and we prove that this fermiology complies with recent quantum-oscillation experiments. Using the
found microscopic properties, and experimental data from the literature, we employ Ginzburg-Landau relations
to reveal that OsB2 is a distinctly type-I superconductor with a very low Ginzburg-Landau parameter κ—a rare
property among compound materials. We show that the found coherence length and penetration depth corroborate
the measured thermodynamic critical field. Moreover, our calculation of the superconducting gap structure using
anisotropic Eliashberg theory and ab initio calculated electron-phonon interaction as input reveals a single but
anisotropic gap. The calculated gap spectrum is shown to give an excellent account for the unconventional
behavior of the superfluid density of OsB2 measured in experiments as a function of temperature. This reveals
that gap anisotropy can explain such behavior, observed in several compounds, which was previously attributed
solely to a two-gap nature of superconductivity. |
|
|
Address |
|
|
|
Corporate Author |
|
Thesis |
|
|
|
Publisher |
|
Place of Publication |
|
Editor |
|
|
|
Language |
|
Wos |
000385622500009 |
Publication Date |
2016-10-12 |
|
|
Series Editor |
|
Series Title |
|
Abbreviated Series Title |
|
|
|
Series Volume |
|
Series Issue |
|
Edition |
|
|
|
ISSN |
2469-9950 |
ISBN |
|
Additional Links |
UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles |
|
|
Impact Factor |
3.836 |
Times cited |
19 |
Open Access |
|
|
|
Notes |
Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek; European Cooperation in Science and Technology, MP1201 ; Vetenskapsrådet; |
Approved |
Most recent IF: 3.836 |
|
|
Call Number |
CMT @ cmt @ c:irua:139020 |
Serial |
4338 |
|
Permanent link to this record |
|
|
|
|
Author |
Fernández Becerra, V.; Milošević, M.V. |
|
|
Title |
Multichiral ground states in mesoscopic p-wave superconductors |
Type |
A1 Journal article |
|
Year |
2016 |
Publication |
Physical review B |
Abbreviated Journal |
Phys Rev B |
|
|
Volume |
94 |
Issue |
94 |
Pages |
184517 |
|
|
Keywords |
A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) |
|
|
Abstract |
Using Ginzburg-Landau formalism, we investigate the effect of confinement on the ground state of mesoscopic chiral p-wave superconductors in the absence of magnetic field. We reveal stable multichiral states with domain walls separating the regions with different chiralities, as well as monochiral states with spontaneous currents flowing along the edges. We show that multichiral states can exhibit identifying signatures in the spatial profile of the magnetic field if those are not screened by edge currents in the case of strong confinement. Such magnetic detection of domain walls in topological superconductors can serve as long-sought evidence of broken time-reversal symmetry. Furthermore, when applying electric current to mesoscopic p-wave samples, we found a hysteretic behavior in the current-voltage characteristic that distinguishes states with and without domain walls, thereby providing another useful hallmark for indirect confirmation of chiral p-wave superconductivity. |
|
|
Address |
|
|
|
Corporate Author |
|
Thesis |
|
|
|
Publisher |
|
Place of Publication |
|
Editor |
|
|
|
Language |
|
Wos |
000388816700001 |
Publication Date |
2016-11-30 |
|
|
Series Editor |
|
Series Title |
|
Abbreviated Series Title |
|
|
|
Series Volume |
|
Series Issue |
|
Edition |
|
|
|
ISSN |
2469-9950;2469-9969; |
ISBN |
|
Additional Links |
UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles |
|
|
Impact Factor |
3.836 |
Times cited |
7 |
Open Access |
|
|
|
Notes |
; This work was supported by the Research Foundation-Flanders (FWO-Vlaanderen), the COST-EU action MP1201, and the MultiSuper network. ; |
Approved |
Most recent IF: 3.836 |
|
|
Call Number |
UA @ lucian @ c:irua:139241 |
Serial |
4456 |
|
Permanent link to this record |
|
|
|
|
Author |
Mulkers, J.; Van Waeyenberge, B.; Milošević, M.V. |
|
|
Title |
Effects of spatially engineered Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction in ferromagnetic films |
Type |
A1 Journal article |
|
Year |
2017 |
Publication |
Physical review B |
Abbreviated Journal |
Phys Rev B |
|
|
Volume |
95 |
Issue |
95 |
Pages |
144401 |
|
|
Keywords |
A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) |
|
|
Abstract |
The Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI) is a chiral interaction that favors formation of domain walls. Recent experiments and ab initio calculations show that there are multiple ways to modify the strength of the interfacially induced DMI in thin ferromagnetic films with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy. In this paper we reveal theoretically the effects of spatially varied DMI on the magnetic state in thin films. In such heterochiral 2D structures we report several emergent phenomena, ranging from the equilibrium spin canting at the interface between regions with different DMI, over particularly strong confinement of domain walls and skyrmions within high-DMI tracks, to advanced applications such as domain tailoring nearly at will, design of magnonic waveguides, and much improved skyrmion racetrack memory. |
|
|
Address |
|
|
|
Corporate Author |
|
Thesis |
|
|
|
Publisher |
|
Place of Publication |
|
Editor |
|
|
|
Language |
|
Wos |
000399382100003 |
Publication Date |
2017-04-03 |
|
|
Series Editor |
|
Series Title |
|
Abbreviated Series Title |
|
|
|
Series Volume |
|
Series Issue |
|
Edition |
|
|
|
ISSN |
2469-9950 |
ISBN |
|
Additional Links |
UA library record; WoS full record; WoS citing articles |
|
|
Impact Factor |
3.836 |
Times cited |
60 |
Open Access |
|
|
|
Notes |
Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek, G098917N ; |
Approved |
Most recent IF: 3.836 |
|
|
Call Number |
CMT @ cmt @ c:irua:141917 |
Serial |
4534 |
|
Permanent link to this record |
|
|
|
|
Author |
Connolly, M.R.; Bemding, S.J.; Milošević, M.V.; Clem, J.R.; Tamegai, T. |
|
|
Title |
Continuum versus discrete flux behaviour in large mesoscopic Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+\delta disks |
Type |
A1 Journal article |
|
Year |
2010 |
Publication |
Physica: C : superconductivity |
Abbreviated Journal |
Physica C |
|
|
Volume |
470 |
Issue |
S:1 |
Pages |
S896-S897 |
|
|
Keywords |
A1 Journal article; Condensed Matter Theory (CMT) |
|
|
Abstract |
We have used scanning Hall probe and local Hall magnetometry measurements to map flux profiles in superconducting Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+δ disks whose diameters span the crossover between the bulk and mesoscopic vortex regimes. The behaviour of large disks (greater-or-equal, slanted20 μm diameter) is well described by analytic models that assume a continuous distribution of flux in the sample. Small disks (less-than-or-equals, slant10 μm diameter), on the other hand, exhibit clear signatures of the underlying discrete vortex structure as well as competition between triangular Abrikosov ordering and the formation of shell structures driven by interactions with circulating edge currents. At low fields we are able to directly observe the characteristic mesoscopic compression of vortex clusters which is linked to oscillations in the diameter of the vortex dome in increasing magnetic fields. At higher fields, where single vortex resolution is lost, we are still able to track configurational changes in the vortex patterns, since competing vortex orders impose unmistakable signatures on local magnetisation curves. Our observations are in excellent agreement with molecular-dynamics numerical simulations which lead us to a natural definition of the lengthscale for the crossover between discrete and continuum behaviour in our system. |
|
|
Address |
|
|
|
Corporate Author |
|
Thesis |
|
|
|
Publisher |
|
Place of Publication |
Amsterdam |
Editor |
|
|
|
Language |
|
Wos |
000286075700384 |
Publication Date |
2009-11-20 |
|
|
Series Editor |
|
Series Title |
|
Abbreviated Series Title |
|
|
|
Series Volume |
|
Series Issue |
|
Edition |
|
|
|
ISSN |
0921-4534; |
ISBN |
|
Additional Links |
UA library record; WoS full record |
|
|
Impact Factor |
1.404 |
Times cited |
|
Open Access |
|
|
|
Notes |
; ; |
Approved |
Most recent IF: 1.404; 2010 IF: 1.415 |
|
|
Call Number |
UA @ lucian @ c:irua:88069 |
Serial |
494 |
|
Permanent link to this record |