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QT02.02.03

Topological Spin Textures in Fe3GaTe2 Triggered Correlated by with the Coexistence of Distinct Magnetic Phases

When and Where

Apr 8, 2025
2:15pm - 2:30pm
Summit, Level 4, Room 442

Presenter(s)

Co-Author(s)

Sang-Eon Lee1,2,Yue Li3,Yeonkyu Lee4,Kice Brown5,Gregory McCandless5,Alex Moon1,6,Lingrui Mei1,6,Jaeyoung Kim2,Julia Chan5,Jeehoon Kim4,Charudatta Phatak3,Vadym Kulichenko1,Luis Balicas1,6

National High Magnetic Field Laboratory1,Hanyang University2,Argonne National Laboratory3,Pohang University of Science and Technology4,Baylor University5,Florida State University6

Abstract

Sang-Eon Lee1,2,Yue Li3,Yeonkyu Lee4,Kice Brown5,Gregory McCandless5,Alex Moon1,6,Lingrui Mei1,6,Jaeyoung Kim2,Julia Chan5,Jeehoon Kim4,Charudatta Phatak3,Vadym Kulichenko1,Luis Balicas1,6

National High Magnetic Field Laboratory1,Hanyang University2,Argonne National Laboratory3,Pohang University of Science and Technology4,Baylor University5,Florida State University6
The recently discovered layered ferromagnet Fe3GaTe2 is attracting significant attention due to its high Curie temperature, low dimensionality, and the presence of topological spin textures , and a large anomalous Hall effect even above room temperature, which make Fe3GaTe2 a good candidate for applicationsfuture devices utilizing their topological spin textures. in spintronics. To fully realize its potential, an exact characterization of its magnetic nature and discovering the mechanism for its topological spin texture is essential. Here, a comprehensive understanding of the magnetic response and its correlating to the electronic transport properties of Fe3GaTe2 is essential. Therefore, we conducted a comprehensive study of Fe3GaTe2 via magnetization, electrical transport, and magnetic imaging techniques, i.e., Lorentz transmission electron microscopy (LTEM) and magnetic force microscopy (MFM). wWe found that Fe3GaTe2 has a metastable ferromagnetic (FM) state with a stable ferrimagnetic (FiM) state, representing complex magnetic manifestation also correlated with the magnetic anisotropy and magnetic dipole-dipole interaction. Interestingly, displays a first-order transition from ferromagnetism (FM) to ferrimagnetism (FiM) at relatively low fields. Interestingly, the topological Hall effect and the magnetic bubble structures shown in the MFM image display their predominance displays a maximum at the magnetic phase boundary, implying competing magnetic interaction has a crucial role in the topological spin texture. between both phases, suggesting that mixed magnetic states play a relevant role in stabilizing topological spin textures. This observation is supported by MFM imaging which reveals magnetic bubbles when the topological Hall effect maximizes. Furthermore, we found the coincidence between magnetic thermal hysteresis caused by competing FM and FiM phases and the thermal hysteresis of observed in the skyrmion density measured through LTEM images,. and thermal hysteresis in the magnetizationThese results suggest that utilizing the distinct magnetic phases can be a useful skyrmion control factor in Fe3GaTe2. Conclusively, provides evidence for a correlation between the transition among both magnetic states and the emergence of topological spin textures. wWe extracted a magnetic phase diagram for Fe3GaTe2, exposing a hitherto unreported correlation between topological spin textures and the coexistence of FM with FiM domains.distinct magnetic interactions.

Keywords

magnetic properties | van der Waals

Symposium Organizers

Elton Santos, University of Edinburgh
Srinivasa Rao Singamaneni, The University of Texas at El Paso
Charudatta Phatak, Argonne National Laboratory
Nina-Juliane Steinke, ILL Neutrons for Society

Symposium Support

Bronze
QUANTUM DESIGN
Radiant Technologies, Inc.

Session Chairs

Charudatta Phatak
Srinivasa Rao Singamaneni

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