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Skyrmion Burst and Multiple Quantum Walk in Thin Ferromagnetic Films

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2015-03-18 v2 Quantum Physics

Abstract

A giant Skyrmion collapses to a singular point by emitting spin waves in a thin ferromagnetic film, when external magnetic field is increased beyond the critical one. The remnant is a single-spin flipped (SSF) point. The SSF point has a quantum diffusion dynamics governed by the Heisenberg model. We determine its time evolution and show the diffusion process is a continuous-time quantum walk. We also analyze an interference of two SSF points after two Skyrmion bursts. Quantum walks for S=1/2S=1/2 and 1 are exact solvable. The system presents a new type of quantum walk for S>1/2S>1/2, where a SSF point breaks into 2S quantum walkers. It is interesting that we can create quantum walkers experimentally at any points in a magnetic thin film, first by creating Skyrmions sequentially and then by letting them collapse simultaneously.

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@article{arxiv.1102.0635,
  title  = {Skyrmion Burst and Multiple Quantum Walk in Thin Ferromagnetic Films},
  author = {Motohiko Ezawa},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1102.0635},
  year   = {2015}
}

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4 pages, 3 figures