Néel-type skyrmion in WTe2/Fe3GeTe2 van der Waals heterostructure.

Academic Article

Abstract

  • The promise of high-density and low-energy-consumption devices motivates the search for layered structures that stabilize chiral spin textures such as topologically protected skyrmions. At the same time, recently discovered long-range intrinsic magnetic orders in the two-dimensional van der Waals materials provide a new platform for the discovery of novel physics and effects. Here we demonstrate the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction and Néel-type skyrmions are induced at the WTe2/Fe3GeTe2 interface. Transport measurements show the topological Hall effect in this heterostructure for temperatures below 100 K. Furthermore, Lorentz transmission electron microscopy is used to directly image Néel-type skyrmion lattice and the stripe-like magnetic domain structures as well. The interfacial coupling induced Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction is estimated to have a large energy of 1.0 mJ m-2. This work paves a path towards the skyrmionic devices based on van der Waals layered heterostructures.
  • Authors

  • Wu, Yingying
  • Zhang, Senfu
  • Zhang, Junwei
  • Wang, Wei
  • Zhu, Yang Lin
  • Hu, Jin
  • Yin, Gen
  • Wong, Kin
  • Fang, Chi
  • Wan, Caihua
  • Han, Xiufeng
  • Shao, Qiming
  • Taniguchi, Takashi
  • Watanabe, Kenji
  • Zang, Jiadong
  • Mao, Zhiqiang
  • Zhang, Xixiang
  • Wang, Kang L
  • Publication Date

  • July 31, 2020
  • Published In

    Digital Object Identifier (doi)

    Start Page

  • 3860
  • Volume

  • 11
  • Issue

  • 1