Large-Voltage Tuning of Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya Interactions: A Route toward Dynamic Control of Skyrmion Chirality.
basic_science · Level V
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Abstract
Electric control of magnetism is a prerequisite for efficient and low-power spintronic devices. More specifically, in heavy metal-ferromagnet-insulator heterostructures, voltage gating has been shown to locally and dynamically tune magnetic properties such as interface anisotropy and saturation magnetization. However, its effect on interfacial Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya Interaction (DMI), which is crucial for the stability of magnetic skyrmions, has been challenging to achieve and has not been reported yet for ultrathin films. Here, we demonstrate a 130% variation of DMI with electric field in Ta/FeCoB/TaO <sub>x</sub> trilayer through Brillouin Light Spectroscopy (BLS). Using polar magneto-optical Kerr-effect microscopy, we further show a monotonic variation of DMI and skyrmionic bubble size with electric field with an unprecedented efficiency. We anticipate through our observations that a sign reversal of DMI with an electric field is possible, leading to a chirality switch. This dynamic manipulation of DMI establishes an additional degree of control to engineer programmable skyrmion-based memory or logic devices.