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Visibility and Apparent Size of Néel-Type Magnetic Skyrmions in Fresnel Defocus Images of Multilayer Films

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Multilayers that comprise thin films of heavy metals and ferromagnets have been shown to host Néel-type magnetic skyrmions at room temperature. Fresnel defocus imaging in Lorentz transmission electron microscopy is a widely used technique for recording magnetic information about skyrmions. However, the visibility of Néel-type skyrmions in Fresnel defocus images is typically low, both because only a small component of their magnetic field contributes to the signal and because of the presence of diffraction contrast from the polycrystalline multilayer structure. Here, we take advantage of the out-of-plane hysteresis in such samples to record background-subtracted Fresnel defocus images. We demonstrate an improvement in magnetic signal-to-noise ratio and spatial resolution by a factor of 3 for a (Pt/Co/NiFe)×5 multilayer. We also use simulated Fresnel defocus images of Néel-type magnetic skyrmions to understand the influence of defocus on apparent skyrmion size.
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hal-03740732 , version 1 (29-07-2022)

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Thibaud Denneulin, Jan Caron, Knut Müller-Caspary, Olivier Boulle, András Kovács, et al.. Visibility and Apparent Size of Néel-Type Magnetic Skyrmions in Fresnel Defocus Images of Multilayer Films. Microscopy and Microanalysis, 2021, 27 (6), pp.1356 - 1365. ⟨10.1017/s1431927621012927⟩. ⟨hal-03740732⟩
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