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XXIII International Symposium ''Nanophysics and Nanoelectronics'', Nizhny Novgorod, March 11--14, 2019
Magnetism

The influence of the magnetic force microscope probe field on the skyrmion state in a modified Co/Pt film with perpendicular anisotropy

V. L. Mironov^a, R. V. Gorev^a, O. L. Ermolaeva^a, N. S. Gusev^a, Yu. V. Petrov<sup>b

a</sup> Institute for Physics of Microstructures, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhnii Novgorod
^b Saint Petersburg State University

Abstract: We present the experimental magnetization reversal of artificial magnetic skyrmions in a Co/Pt multilayer film with perpendicular magnetization by a magnetic force microscope probe. The sample was a Co/Pt film containing an array of cylindrical regions with reduced anisotropy, which were modified by a focused He$^+$ ion beam. The magnetic state of the sample was monitored by magnetic force microscopy. The local magnetization reversal was performed by the field of magnetic force microscope probe passing over the sample at low height. The effects of magnetostatic interaction between the probe field and skyrmion magnetization in these structures are investigated by micromagnetic simulations.

Keywords: magnetic force microscopy, magnetic skyrmion, magnetization reversal effects, micromagnetic simulation.

Received: 15.04.2019
Revised: 22.04.2019
Accepted: 24.04.2019

DOI: 10.21883/FTT.2019.09.48104.07N

 English version: Physics of the Solid State, 2019, 61:9, 1594–1598

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