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Mohamed El Gazzah1,2, Fehmi Sami Yasin3,4, Sk Jamaluddin1,2
1Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, USA.
Abstract:
Topologically protected nanoscale spin textures, such as magnetic skyrmions, have attracted significant interest for spintronics applications. While skyrmions in noncentrosymmetric materials are known to be stabilized by the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI), their deliberate design in centrosymmetric materials remains a challenge. This difficulty largely stems from the complexity of controlling magnetocrystalline anisotropy-a critical factor in the absence of DMI. Here, we demonstrate the chemical tuning of magnetocrystalline anisotropy in the centrosymmetric Kagome magnet . The resulting compound exhibits a spin reorientation transition accompanied by an emergent skyrmion bubble lattice, confirmed by cryogenic Lorentz transmission electron microscopy and cryogenic Lorentz differential phase contrast scanning transmission electron microscopy. Our findings overcome a key materials design challenge and open possibilities for deliberate design of skyrmionic textures in centrosymmetric systems.
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