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Skyrmion Bubbles by Design in a Centrosymmetric Kagome Magnet

Materials Science 2025-04-29 v1

Abstract

Topologically protected nanoscale spin textures, such as magnetic skyrmions, have attracted significant interest for spintronics applications. While skyrmions in noncentrosymmetric materials are known to be stabilized by Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI), their deliberate design in centrosymmetric materials remains a challenge. This difficulty largely stems from the complexity of controlling magnetocrystalline anisotropy - a critical factor in the absence of DMI. Here, we demonstrate the chemical tuning of magnetocrystalline anisotropy in the centrosymmetric Kagome magnet TmMn6_6Sn6_6. The resulting compound exhibits a spin reorientation transition accompanied by an emergent skyrmion bubble lattice, confirmed by Lorentz transmission electron microscopy. Our findings overcome a key materials design challenge and open possibilities for deliberate design of skyrmionic textures in centrosymmetric systems.

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@article{arxiv.2504.19045,
  title  = {Skyrmion Bubbles by Design in a Centrosymmetric Kagome Magnet},
  author = {Mohamed El Gazzah and Fehmi Sami Yasin and Sk Jamaluddin and Hari Bhandari and Resham Babu Regmi and Xiuzhen Yu and Nirmal J. Ghimire},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2504.19045},
  year   = {2025}
}