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Chiral magnetic skyrmions across length scales

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2023-02-22 v1 Other Condensed Matter

Abstract

The profile and energy of chiral skyrmions, found in magnetic materials with the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction, can be approximated by formulae obtained through asymptotic analysis in the limits of small and large skyrmion radius. Using fitting techniques, we modify these formulae so that their validity extends to almost the entire range of skyrmion radii. Such formulae are obtained for skyrmions that are stabilised in the presence of an external field or easy-axis anisotropy or a combination of these. We further study the effect of the magnetostatic field on the skyrmion profile. We compare the profile of magnetic bubbles, stabilized without the chiral Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction to that of a chiral skyrmion.

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@article{arxiv.2206.04761,
  title  = {Chiral magnetic skyrmions across length scales},
  author = {Stavros Komineas and Christof Melcher and Stephanos Venakides},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2206.04761},
  year   = {2023}
}