Interfacial Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction in perpendicularly-magnetized Pt/Co/AlOx ultrathin films measured by Brillouin light spectroscopy
Abstract
Spin waves in perpendicularly-magnetized Pt/Co/AlOx/Pt ultrathin films with varying Co thicknesses (0.6-1.2 nm) have been studied with Brillouin light spectroscopy in the Damon-Eshbach geometry. The measurements reveal a pronounced nonreciprocal propagation, which increases with decreasing Co thicknesses. This nonreciprocity is attributed to an interfacial Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI), which is significantly stronger than asymmetries resulting from surface anisotropies for such modes. Results are consistent with an interfacial DMI constant Ds = -1.7 0.11 pJ/m, which favors left-handed chiral spin structures. This suggests that such films below 1 nm in thickness should support novel chiral states like skyrmions.
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