Unravelling a new many-body large-hole polaron in a transition metal oxide that promotes high photocatalytic activity
Experimental Evidence of t_{2g} Electron-Gas Rashba Interaction Induced by Asymmetric Orbital Hybridization.
Abstract:
We report the control of Rashba spin-orbit interaction by tuning asymmetric hybridization between Ti orbitals at the LaAlO_{3}/SrTiO_{3} interface. This asymmetric orbital hybridization is modulated by introducing a LaFeO_{3} layer between LaAlO_{3} and SrTiO_{3}, which alters the Ti-O lattice polarization and traps interfacial charge carriers, resulting in a large Rashba spin-orbit effect at the interface in the absence of an external bias. This observation is verified through high-resolution electron microscopy, magnetotransport and first-principles calculations. Our results open hitherto unexplored avenues of controlling Rashba interaction to design next-generation spin orbitronics.Route towards stable homochrial topological textures in A-type antiferromagnets
Abstract:
Topologically protected whirling magnetic textures could emerge as data carriers in next-generation post-Moore computing. Such textures are abundantly observed in ferromagnets (FMs); however, their antiferromagnetic (AFM) counterparts are expected to be even more relevant for device applications, as they promise ultrafast, deflection-free dynamics while being robust against external fields. Unfortunately, such textures have remained elusive; hence identifying materials hosting them is key to developing this technology. Here, we present comprehensive micromagnetic and analytical models investigating topological textures in the broad material class of A-type antiferromagnets, specifically focusing on the prototypical case of α-Fe2O3—an emerging candidate for AFM spintronics. By exploiting a symmetry-breaking interfacial Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (iDMI), it is possible to stabilize a wide topological family, including AFM (anti)merons, bimerons, and the hitherto undiscovered AFM skyrmions. While iDMI enforces homochirality and improves the stability of these textures, the widely tunable anisotropy and exchange interactions enable precise control of their core dimensions. We then present a unifying framework to model the scaling of texture sizes based on a simple dimensional analysis. As the parameters required to host and tune homochiral AFM textures may be obtained by rational materials design of α-Fe2O3, it could emerge as a promising platform to initiate AFM topological spintronics.