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Local Photothermal Control of Phase Transitions for On‐Demand Room‐Temperature Rewritable Magnetic Patterning

Cornell Affiliated Author(s)

Author

Antonio Mei
Isaiah Gray
Yongjian Tang
Jürgen Schubert
Don Werder
Jason Bartell
Daniel Ralph
Gregory Fuchs
Darrell Schlom

Abstract

The ability to make controlled patterns of magnetic structures within a nonmagnetic background is essential for several types of existing and proposed technologies. Such patterns provide the foundation of magnetic memory and logic devices, allow the creation of artificial spin-ice lattices, and enable the study of magnon propagation. Here, a novel approach for magnetic patterning that allows repeated creation and erasure of arbitrary shapes of thin-film ferromagnetic structures is reported. This strategy is enabled by epitaxial Fe0.52Rh0.48 thin films designed so that both ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic phases are bistable at room temperature. Starting with the film in a uniform antiferromagnetic state, the ability to write arbitrary patterns of the ferromagnetic phase is demonstrated by local heating with a focused laser. If desired, the results can then be erased by cooling below room temperature and the material repeatedly re-patterned. © 2020 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim

Date Published

Journal

Wiley

Volume

32

Issue

22

URL

https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85084060322&doi=10.1002%2fadma.202001080&partnerID=40&md5=b7cd362f7b88323c933dbc6ac6b6bc1b

DOI

10.1002/adma.202001080

Funding Source

1542081
1719875
1740136
DMR‐1539918
ECCS‐1542081
ECCS‐1740286
2758.001
2758.003
FA9550‐14‐1‐0243
DMR‐1719875

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