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ArticleNature communications2025

Two-dimensional gradients in magnetic properties created with direct-write laser annealing.

Lauren J Riddiford, Jeffrey A Brock, Katarzyna Murawska, Jacob Wisser, Xiaochun Huang, Nick A Shepelin, Hans T Nembach, Aleš Hrabec, Laura J Heyderman

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Lauren J Riddiford *Laboratory for Mesoscopic Systems, Department of Materials, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. lauren.riddiford@psi.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0941-7040
Jeffrey A Brock *Laboratory for Mesoscopic Systems, Department of Materials, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. jbrock8@uccs.edu.
Katarzyna MurawskaLaboratory for Mesoscopic Systems, Department of Materials, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Jacob WisserApplied Physics Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, CO, USA.
Xiaochun HuangPSI Center for Neutron and Muon Sciences, Villigen PSI, Switzerland.
Nick A ShepelinPSI Center for Neutron and Muon Sciences, Villigen PSI, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5446-9213
Hans T NembachApplied Physics Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, CO, USA.
Aleš HrabecLaboratory for Mesoscopic Systems, Department of Materials, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. ales.hrabec@psi.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2895-1962
Laura J HeydermanLaboratory for Mesoscopic Systems, Department of Materials, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3843-6611

Funding

EC | Horizon 2020 Framework Programme (EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020) 884104
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Across the fields of magnetism, microelectronics, optics, and others, engineered local variations in material properties can yield groundbreaking functionalities that play a crucial role in enabling future technologies. One-dimensional lateral gradients in material properties give rise to a plethora of new effects in thin-film magnetic systems. However, extending such gradient-induced behaviors to two dimensions has been challenging to realize experimentally. Here, we demonstrate the creation of two-dimensional complex patterns with continuous variations in magnetic anisotropy, interlayer exchange coupling, and ferrimagnetic compensation at the mesoscopic scale in numerous application-relevant magnetic materials. We exploit our engineered gradients in material properties to demonstrate novel magnetic functionalities, including the creation of a spin wave band pass filter and an architecture for passively resetting the position of a magnetic domain wall. Our results highlight the exciting new physics and device applications enabled by two-dimensional gradients in thin film properties.

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