Switching moiré magnets

Noncollinear spin textures are predicted to arise in twisted heterostructures of the two-dimensional magnet CrI3. Writing in Nature Communications, Bowen Yang and collaborators identify two non-volatile spin textures in twisted double-bilayer CrI3, which can be switched by a magnetic field and read out electronically. To investigate the spin states of the system under both in-plane and out-of-plane magnetic fields, the researchers combined tunnelling magnetoresistance measurements, photocurrent magnetic circular dichroism measurements and micromagnetic simulations. At a twist angle close to 1°, under the application of an in-plane magnetic field, they observed a transition from out-of-plane to in-plane domains. The ability to control the magnetization via a magnetic field and to read it out via electrical measurements paves the way for the integration of moiré magnets in future spintronic devices.

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