Engineered chiral spin textures and their dynamics in oxide thin films (B12*)

• Subject Area: Experimental Condensed Matter Physics ; Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics
• Term: from 2016 to 2019
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 31047526

We propose a project to both design and engineer chiral spin structures in thin oxide films via interface engineering, study their dynamics in response to magnetic field and currents, and explore anomalous transport and magneto-transport properties of such films. The experimental investigations are supported by material specific ab initio calculations. One of the objectives is the ab initio description of the chiral dynamics. Another focus is given to transport and magneto-transport properties. In particular, we concentrate on the microscopic understanding of the transversal transport coefficients.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 762: Functionality of Oxide Interfaces
• Applicant Institution: Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
• Co-Applicant Institution: Max-Planck-Institut für Mikrostrukturphysik
• Project Heads: Professor Dr. Eberhard K. U. Gross; Professorin Dr. Ingrid Mertig; Professor Dr. Stuart Parkin; Professorin Sangeeta Sharma, Ph.D.