Discovery and characterization of a new type of domain wall in a row-wise antiferromagnet

Jonas Spethmann, Martin Grünebohm, Roland Wiesendanger, Kirsten von Bergmann () and André Kubetzka ()
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Jonas Spethmann: University of Hamburg
Martin Grünebohm: University of Hamburg
Roland Wiesendanger: University of Hamburg
Kirsten von Bergmann: University of Hamburg
André Kubetzka: University of Hamburg

Nature Communications, 2021, vol. 12, issue 1, 1-8

Abstract: Abstract Antiferromagnets have recently moved into the focus of application-related research, with the perspective to use them in future spintronics devices. At the same time the experimental determination of the detailed spin texture remains challenging. Here we use spin-polarized scanning tunneling microscopy to investigate the spin structure of antiferromagnetic domain walls. Comparison with spin dynamics simulations allows the identification of a new type of domain wall, which is a superposition state of the adjacent domains. We determine the relevant magnetic interactions and derive analytical formulas. Our experiments show a pathway to control the number of domain walls by boundary effects, and demonstrate the possibility to change the position of domain walls by interaction with movable adsorbed atoms. The knowledge about the exact spin structure of the domain walls is crucial for an understanding and theoretical modelling of their properties regarding, for instance, dynamics, response in transport experiments, and manipulation.

Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-23760-2

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