Topological Solitons in Antiferroics

Project Information

TSAR

Grant agreement ID: 964931

DOI 10.3030/964931

EC signature date 19 January 2021

Start date 1 May 2021

End date 30 April 2025

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Future and Emerging Technologies (FET)

Total cost € 3 263 514,00

EU contribution € 3 263 137,75

Coordinated by

COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
France

Deliverables

Documents, reports (6)

Theoretical description of light induced skyrmions
Successful growth of first bilayers with AFM skyrmions

Successful growth of first bilayers leading to AFM skyrmion phases

Report on advanced characterisation of all ferroic structures
Calculations on interfacial DMI + phase diagrams

Calculations on interfacial DMI and phase diagrams for different materials combinations

Plan for dissemination and exploitation of results

Plan for dissemination and exploitation of results yearly updated

Atomic dipole maps from second principles; diffuse scattering simulations from phase field

Atomic dipole maps from second principles diffuse scattering simulations from phase field

Other (3)

Strain engineered BiFeO3 samples with disordered chiral AFM

Production of strain engineered BiFeO3 samples with disordered chiral AFM

Updated version of MULTIBINIT to combine bulk models and deal with superlattices

Updated version of MULTIBINIT to combine bulk models and superlattices

SAFM multilayers

Magnetically uniform SAFM multilayers available

Demonstrators, pilots, prototypes (1)

Antiferroelectric thin films

Growth optimization, characterization and demonstration of epitaxial antiferroelectric thin films of PbZrO3 grown by pulsed laser deposition. These films will both functionally

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (1)

Project website and social media accounts operational

Website for the project

Open Research Data Pilot (1)

Initial data management plan

Initial data management plan yearly updated

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (18)

Ultrafast Activation and Tuning of Topological Textures in Ferroelectric Nanostructures

Author(s): Sergey Prosandeev, Sergei Prokhorenko, Yousra Nahas, Julie Grollier, Diyar Talbayev, Brahim Dkhil, Laurent Bellaiche
Published in: Advanced Electronic Materials, Issue 8, 2022, ISSN 2199-160X
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1002/aelm.202200808

Polar meron-antimeron networks in strained and twisted bilayers

Author(s): Bennett, D., Chaudhary, G., Slager, RJ. et al
Published in: Nature communications, Issue 14, 2023, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-37337-8

Onset of Multiferroicity in Prototypical Single-Spin Cycloid BiFeO3 Thin Films

Author(s): Pauline Dufour, Amr Abdelsamie, Johanna Fischer, Aurore Finco, Angela Haykal, Martin F. Sarott, Sara Varotto, Cécile Carrétéro, Sophie Collin, Florian Godel, Nicolas Jaouen, Michel Viret, Morgan Trassin, Karim Bouzehouane, Vincent Jacques, Jean-Yves Chauleau, Stéphane Fusil, and Vincent Garcia
Published in: Nano Letters, Issue 23, 2023, ISSN 1530-6984
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c02875

Single spin magnetometry and relaxometry applied to antiferromagnetic materials

Author(s): Aurore Finco, Vincent Jacques
Published in: APL Materials, Issue 11, 2023, ISSN 2166-532X
Publisher: AIP Publishing
DOI: 10.1063/5.0167480

"Quantitative Imaging of Exotic Antiferromagnetic Spin Cycloids in <mml:math xmlns:mml=""http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"" display=""inline"" overflow=""scroll""><mml:msub><mml:mrow><mml:mi>Bi</mml:mi><mml:mi>Fe</mml:mi><mml:mi mathvariant=""normal"">O</mml:mi></mml:mrow><mml:mn>3</mml:mn></mml:msub></mml:math> Thin Films"

Author(s): Hai Zhong; Aurore Finco; Johanna Fischer; Angela Haykal; Karim Bouzehouane; Cécile Carrétéro; Florian Godel; Patrick Maletinsky; Mathieu Munsch; Stéphane Fusil; Vincent Jacques; Vincent Garcia
Published in: PHYSICAL REVIEW APPLIED, Issue 17, 2022, ISSN 1079-7114
Publisher: APS
DOI: 10.1103/physrevapplied.17.044051

Photovoltaic-Ferroelectric Materials for the Realization of All-Optical Devices

Author(s): Anatolii Makhort, Roman Gumeniuk, Jean-François Dayen, Peter Dunne, Ulrich Burkhardt, Michel Viret, Bernard Doudin, Bohdan Kundys
Published in: Adv. Optical Mater., 2022, ISSN 2195-1071
Publisher: Wiley-VCH
DOI: 10.1002/adom.202102353

Antiferromagnetic magnon spintronic based on non-reciprocal and non-degenerated ultra-fast spin-waves in the canted antiferromagnet α-Fe2O3

Author(s): Kanj, A. El; Gomonay, O.; Boventer, I.; Bortolotti, P.; Cros, V.; Anane, A.; Lebrun, R.
Published in: Science Advances, Issue 9, 2023, ISSN 2375-2548
Publisher: Science
DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2301.06329

Translational Boundaries as Incipient Ferrielectric Domains in Antiferroelectric PbZrO 3

Author(s): Ying Liu, Ranming Niu, Andrzej Majchrowski, Krystian Roleder, Kumara Cordero-Edwards, Julie M. Cairney, Jordi Arbiol, and Gustau Catalan
Published in: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, Issue 130, 2023, ISSN 1079-7114
Publisher: APS
DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.130.216801

Polar Chirality in BiFeO3 Emerging from A Peculiar Domain Wall Sequence

Author(s): S. Fusil et al.
Published in: Adv. Electron. Mater, 2022, ISSN 2199-160X
Publisher: Adv. Electron. Mater
DOI: 10.1002/aelm.202101155

Ultrafast time-evolution of chiral Néel magnetic domain walls probed by circular dichroism in x-ray resonant magnetic scattering

Author(s): Cyril Léveillé, Erick Burgos-Parra, Yanis Sassi, Fernando Ajejas, Valentin Chardonnet, Emanuele Pedersoli, Flavio Capotondi, Giovanni De Ninno, Francesco Maccherozzi, Sarnjeet Dhesi, David M. Burn, Gerrit van der Laan, Oliver S. Latcham, Andrey V. Shytov, Volodymyr V. Kruglyak, Emmanuelle Jal, Vincent Cros, Jean-Yves Chauleau, Nicolas Reyren, Michel Viret & Nicolas Jaouen
Published in: Nature Communications, 2022, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-28899-0

Atomic-Level Response of the Domain Walls in Bismuth Ferrite in a Subcoercive-Field Regime

Author(s): Oana Condurache; Goran Dražić; Tadej Rojac; Hana Uršič; Brahim Dkhil; Andraž Bradeško; Dragan Damjanovic; Andreja Benčan
Published in: Nano Letters, Issue 23, 2022, Page(s) 750-756, ISSN 1530-6984
Publisher: American Chemical Society
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c02857

Ferroelectric phase transitions in epitaxial antiferroelectric PbZrO3 thin films

Author(s): Pauline Dufour; Thomas Maroutian; Maxime Vallet; Kinnary Patel; André Chanthbouala; Charlotte Jacquemont; Lluis Yedra; Vincent Humbert; Florian Godel; Bin Xu; Sergey Prosandeev; Laurent Bellaiche; Mojca Otoničar; Stéphane Fusil; Brahim Dkhil; Vincent Garcia
Published in: Applied Physics Reviews, Issue 10, 2023, ISSN 1931-9401
Publisher: AIP Publishing LLC
DOI: 10.1063/5.0143892

Multiferroic skyrmions in BiFeO3

Author(s): Z. Li, T. Chirac, J. Tranchida, V. Garcia, S. Fusil, V. Jacques, J.-Y. Chauleau, and M. Viret
Published in: Phys. Rev. Research, Issue 5, 2023, ISSN 2643-1564
Publisher: American Physical Society
DOI: 10.1103/physrevresearch.5.043109

Imaging Topological Defects in a Noncollinear Antiferromagnet

Author(s): Aurore Finco; Angela Haykal; Stéphane Fusil; Pawan Kumar; Pauline Dufour; Anne Forget; Dorothée Colson; Jean-Yves Chauleau; Michel Viret; Nicolas Jaouen; Vincent Garcia; Vincent Jacques
Published in: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, Issue 128, 2022, ISSN 1079-7114
Publisher: APS
DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.128.187201

Emission of coherent THz magnons in an antiferromagnetic insulator triggered by ultrafast spin-phonon interactions

Author(s): Rongione, E.; Gueckstock, O.; Mattern, M.; Gomonay, O.; Meer, H.; Schmitt, C.; Ramos, R.; Saitoh, E.; Sinova, J.; Jaffrès, H.; Mičica, M.; Mangeney, J.; Goennenwein, S. T. B.; Geprägs, S.; Kampfrath, T.; Kläui, M.; Bargheer, M.; Seifert, T. S.; Dhillon, S.; Lebrun, R.
Published in: Nature communications, Issue 13, 2023, ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-37509-6

Mechanism for ultrafast electric-field driven skyrmion nucleation

Author(s): Louise Desplat; Sebastian Meyer; Juba Bouaziz; P. M. Buhl; Samir Lounis; Samir Lounis; B. Dupé; B. Dupé; P.-A. Hervieux
Published in: Phys. rev. B Condens. Matter, Issue 2, 2021, ISSN 1098-0121
Publisher: American Physical Society
DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.104.l060409

"Monte Carlo studies of noncollinear magnetic phases in multiferroic <mml:math xmlns:mml=""http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML""><mml:mrow><mml:msub><mml:mi>Cu</mml:mi><mml:mn>2</mml:mn></mml:msub><mml:msub><mml:mi>OSeO</mml:mi><mml:mn>3</mml:mn></mml:msub></mml:mrow></mml:math>"

Author(s): Houssam Sabri; Igor Kornev
Published in: Physical Review B, Issue 107, 2023, ISSN 1550-235X
Publisher: APS
DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.107.024417

Modeling of Ferroelectric Oxide Perovskites: From First to Second Principles

Author(s): Ph. Ghosez, J.Junquera
Published in: Annu. Rev. Cond. Mat. Phys., 2022, ISSN 1936-1335
Publisher: Annual Reviews
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-conmatphys-040220-045528