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- Jilei Chen
(International Quantum Academy)
- Mingran Xu
(Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL))
- Jinlong Wang
(Beihang University)
- Kai Wagner
(University of Basel)
- Lutong Sheng
(International Quantum Academy
Beihang University)
- Hao Jia
(International Quantum Academy)
- Weiwei Wei
(International Quantum Academy)
- Han Zhang
(International Quantum Academy)
- Yuelin Zhang
(Beihang University)
- Hanchen Wang
(Beihang University
ETH Zurich)
- Rundong Yuan
(Beihang University)
- Mohammad Hamdi
(Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL))
- Song Liu
(International Quantum Academy)
- Tingyong Chen
(International Quantum Academy)
- Patrick Maletinsky
(University of Basel)
- Jean-Philippe Ansermet
(Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL))
- Dapeng Yu
(International Quantum Academy)
- Dirk Grundler
(Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL))
- Haiming Yu
(International Quantum Academy
Beihang University)
Abstract
Antiferromagnetic spin textures, compared to their ferromagnetic counterparts, innately possess high stability with respect to external disturbance and high-frequency dynamics compatible with ultrafast information processing. However, deterministic creation and reconfigurable switching of different antiferromagnetic spin textures have not been realized. Here, we demonstrate room-temperature deterministic switching between three antiferromagnetic textures identified by characteristically different high frequency dynamics in single-crystal hematite (α-Fe2O3). All three states are found to be remarkably stable and fully controllable, as confirmed by 1000 switching cycles and spatially resolved spectroscopy and they may be created by local magnetization switching in the nonlinear excitation regime. The switching to the following stable state requires only one microwave pulse (100 ns) with ultralow energy consumption (1 nJ). Our Brillouin light scattering (BLS) microscopy data reinforces that the detected magnon modes are associated to excitations of domain walls and circular spin textures. The progressive switching between the three distinct states imitates the weighted sum operation in neuromorphic computing, suggesting the possibility of using spin textures in antiferromagnets for information processing.
Suggested Citation
Jilei Chen & Mingran Xu & Jinlong Wang & Kai Wagner & Lutong Sheng & Hao Jia & Weiwei Wei & Han Zhang & Yuelin Zhang & Hanchen Wang & Rundong Yuan & Mohammad Hamdi & Song Liu & Tingyong Chen & Patrick, 2025.
"Deterministic switching of antiferromagnetic spin textures by nonlinear magnons,"
Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 16(1), pages 1-9, December.
Handle:
RePEc:nat:natcom:v:16:y:2025:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-025-60883-2
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-60883-2
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