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Laser-induced topological spin switching in a 2D van der Waals magnet

Two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals (vdW) magnets represent one of the most promising horizons for energy-efficient spintronic applications because their broad range of electronic, magnetic and topological properties. However, little is known about the interplay between light and spin properties in v...

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Autores principales: Khela, Maya, Da̧browski, Maciej, Khan, Safe, Keatley, Paul S., Verzhbitskiy, Ivan, Eda, Goki, Hicken, Robert J., Kurebayashi, Hidekazu, Santos, Elton J. G.
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10011585/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36914683
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37082-y
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author Khela, Maya
Da̧browski, Maciej
Khan, Safe
Keatley, Paul S.
Verzhbitskiy, Ivan
Eda, Goki
Hicken, Robert J.
Kurebayashi, Hidekazu
Santos, Elton J. G.
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Da̧browski, Maciej
Khan, Safe
Keatley, Paul S.
Verzhbitskiy, Ivan
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description Two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals (vdW) magnets represent one of the most promising horizons for energy-efficient spintronic applications because their broad range of electronic, magnetic and topological properties. However, little is known about the interplay between light and spin properties in vdW layers. Here we show that ultrafast laser excitation can not only generate different type of spin textures in CrGeTe(3) vdW magnets but also induce a reversible transformation between them in a topological toggle switch mechanism. Our atomistic spin dynamics simulations and wide-field Kerr microscopy measurements show that different textures can be generated via high-intense laser pulses within the picosecond regime. The phase transformation between the different topological spin textures is obtained as additional laser pulses are applied to the system where the polarisation and final state of the spins can be controlled by external magnetic fields. Our results indicate laser-driven spin textures on 2D magnets as a pathway towards reconfigurable topological architectures at the atomistic level.
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spelling pubmed-100115852023-03-15 Laser-induced topological spin switching in a 2D van der Waals magnet Khela, Maya Da̧browski, Maciej Khan, Safe Keatley, Paul S. Verzhbitskiy, Ivan Eda, Goki Hicken, Robert J. Kurebayashi, Hidekazu Santos, Elton J. G. Nat Commun Article Two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals (vdW) magnets represent one of the most promising horizons for energy-efficient spintronic applications because their broad range of electronic, magnetic and topological properties. However, little is known about the interplay between light and spin properties in vdW layers. Here we show that ultrafast laser excitation can not only generate different type of spin textures in CrGeTe(3) vdW magnets but also induce a reversible transformation between them in a topological toggle switch mechanism. Our atomistic spin dynamics simulations and wide-field Kerr microscopy measurements show that different textures can be generated via high-intense laser pulses within the picosecond regime. The phase transformation between the different topological spin textures is obtained as additional laser pulses are applied to the system where the polarisation and final state of the spins can be controlled by external magnetic fields. Our results indicate laser-driven spin textures on 2D magnets as a pathway towards reconfigurable topological architectures at the atomistic level. Nature Publishing Group UK 2023-03-13 /pmc/articles/PMC10011585/ /pubmed/36914683 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37082-y Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) .
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Hicken, Robert J.
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Santos, Elton J. G.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37082-y
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