Lorentz transmission electron microscopy for magnetic skyrmions imaging

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (8) ◽  
pp. 087503 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jin Tang ◽  
Lingyao Kong ◽  
Weiwei Wang ◽  
Haifeng Du ◽  
Mingliang Tian
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Transmission Electron Microscopy ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Lorentz Transmission Electron Microscopy ◽  
Magnetic Skyrmions

scholarly journals Filming the formation and fluctuation of skyrmion domains by cryo-Lorentz transmission electron microscopy

2015 ◽  
Vol 112 (46) ◽  
pp. 14212-14217 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jayaraman Rajeswari ◽  
Ping Huang ◽  
Giulia Fulvia Mancini ◽  
Yoshie Murooka ◽  
Tatiana Latychevskaia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Transmission Electron Microscopy ◽  
Long Range ◽  
Temporal Fluctuation ◽  
Storage Devices ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Lorentz Transmission Electron Microscopy ◽  
Magnetic Skyrmions ◽  
External Stimuli ◽  
Nanometric Size

Magnetic skyrmions are promising candidates as information carriers in logic or storage devices thanks to their robustness, guaranteed by the topological protection, and their nanometric size. Currently, little is known about the influence of parameters such as disorder, defects, or external stimuli on the long-range spatial distribution and temporal evolution of the skyrmion lattice. Here, using a large (7.3×7.3 μm2) single-crystal nanoslice (150 nm thick) of Cu2OSeO3, we image up to 70,000 skyrmions by means of cryo-Lorentz transmission electron microscopy as a function of the applied magnetic field. The emergence of the skyrmion lattice from the helimagnetic phase is monitored, revealing the existence of a glassy skyrmion phase at the phase transition field, where patches of an octagonally distorted skyrmion lattice are also discovered. In the skyrmion phase, dislocations are shown to cause the emergence and switching between domains with different lattice orientations, and the temporal fluctuation of these domains is filmed. These results demonstrate the importance of direct-space and real-time imaging of skyrmion domains for addressing both their long-range topology and stability.

scholarly journals Determination of the 3-D Magnetic Vector Potential using Lorentz Transmission Electron Microscopy

2009 ◽  
Vol 15 (S2) ◽  
pp. 134-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
C Phatak ◽  
E Humphrey ◽  
M DeGraef ◽  
A Petford-Long
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Transmission Electron Microscopy ◽  
Vector Potential ◽  
Magnetic Vector Potential ◽  
Magnetic Vector ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Lorentz Transmission Electron Microscopy

Extended abstract of a paper presented at Microscopy and Microanalysis 2009 in Richmond, Virginia, USA, July 26 – July 30, 2009

scholarly journals Intrinsic stability of magnetic anti-skyrmions in the tetragonal inverse Heusler compound Mn1.4Pt0.9Pd0.1Sn

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rana Saha ◽  
Abhay K. Srivastava ◽  
Tianping Ma ◽  
Jagannath Jena ◽  
Peter Werner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Transmission Electron Microscopy ◽  
Current Interest ◽  
Heusler Compound ◽  
Micromagnetic Simulations ◽  
Intrinsic Stability ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Topological Characteristics ◽  
Lorentz Transmission Electron Microscopy

AbstractMagnetic anti-skyrmions are one of several chiral spin textures that are of great current interest both for their topological characteristics and potential spintronic applications. Anti-skyrmions were recently observed in the inverse tetragonal Heusler material Mn1.4Pt0.9Pd0.1Sn. Here we show, using Lorentz transmission electron microscopy, that anti-skyrmions are found over a wide range of temperature and magnetic fields in wedged lamellae formed from single crystals of Mn1.4Pt0.9Pd0.1Sn for thicknesses ranging up to ~250 nm. The temperature-field stability window of the anti-skyrmions varies little with thickness. Using micromagnetic simulations we show that this intrinsic stability of anti-skyrmions can be accounted for by the symmetry of the crystal lattice which is imposed on that of the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya exchange interaction. These distinctive behaviors of anti-skyrmions makes them particularly attractive for spintronic applications.

Magnetic and Crystallographic Microstructure of SrRuO3 Studied by Lorentz Transmission Electron Microscopy

1997 ◽  
Vol 3 (S2) ◽  
pp. 521-522
Author(s):  
A.F. Marshall ◽  
L. Klein ◽  
J.S. Dodge ◽  
C.H. Ahn ◽  
J.W. Reiner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Transmission Electron Microscopy ◽  
High Temperature Superconductors ◽  
Uniaxial Anisotropy ◽  
Practical Interest ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Easy Direction ◽  
Cu Substrates ◽  
Lorentz Transmission Electron Microscopy

SrRuO3 is a low temperature ferromagnet (Tc ≌ 150K) which has recently been investigated in thin film form due to its structural compatibility with other thin film perovskites materials of practical interest, including high-temperature superconductors. Magnetization studies of thin films of SrRuO3 deposited on cubic SrTiO3 indicate strong uniaxial anisotropy with the easy direction approximately along either the a or b axis, which are difficult to distinguish. The orthorhombic structure of SrRuO3 (a = 5.53, b = 5.57, c = 7.84 Å) has six symmetry-related orientations on the cubic substrate (a = 3.9Å). Using Lorentz transmission electron microscopy both the magnetic and the crystallographic domain microstructure are characterized.For TEM imaging the films are readily removed from the substrate by chemical etching, using a HF:HNO3:H2O etch of approximately 1:1:1 dilution. Free-floating SrRuO3 films of 300-1000Å in thickness are then supported on standard carbon/formvar films on Cu substrates.

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