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Magnetic vortices and skyrmions represent two fundamental classes of topological spin textures in ferromagnetic systems, distinguished by their unique stabilization mechanisms and degrees of freedom. Vortices, characterized by circular…

Computational Physics · Physics 2025-03-21 Haobing Zhang , Xintao Fan , Weiwei Wang

Various latest experiments have proven the theoretical prediction that domain walls in planar magnetic structures can channel spin waves as outstanding magnonic waveguides, establishing a superb platform for building magnonic devices.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-03-20 Xiangjun Xing , Yan Zhou , H. B. Braun

We study the quantum propagation of a Skyrmion in chiral magnetic insulators by generalizing the micromagnetic equations of motion to a finite-temperature path integral formalism, using field theoretic tools. Promoting the center of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-12-05 Christina Psaroudaki , Silas Hoffman , Jelena Klinovaja , Daniel Loss

Implementation of skyrmion based energy efficient and high-density data storage devices requires aggressive scaling of skyrmion size. Ferrimagnetic materials are considered to be a suitable platform for this purpose due to their low…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-11-29 Md Mahadi Rajib , Walid Al Misba , Dhritiman Bhattacharya , Jayasimha Atulasimha

Skyrmions are important in topological quantum field theory for being soliton solutions of a nonlinear sigma model and in information technology for their attractive applications. Skyrmions are believed to be circular and stripy spin…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-01-27 X. R. Wang , X. C. Hu , H. T. Wu

Skyrmions, topologically protected vortex-like nanometric spin textures in magnets, have been attracting increasing attention for emergent electromagnetic responses and possible technological applications for spintronics. In particular,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-07-03 Y. Tokunaga , X. Z. Yu , J. S. White , H. M. Rønnow , D. Morikawa , Y. Taguchi , Y. Tokura

Magnetic skyrmions are emerging as key elements of unconventional operations having unique properties such as small size and low current manipulation. In particular, it is possible to design skyrmion-based neurons and synapses for…

We revisit a theory of skyrmion transport in ferromagnets. On a basis of an effective U(1) gauge theory for spin-chirality fluctuations in double-exchange ferromagnets, we derive an expression for the velocity of a skyrmion core driven by…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-05-03 Ki-Seok Kim , Shigeki Onoda

We demonstrate deterministic control of dipole-field-stabilized skyrmions by means of spin-orbit torques arising from heavy transition-metal seed layers. Experiments are performed on amorphous Fe/Gd multilayers that are patterned into wires…

Materials Science · Physics 2018-10-17 Sergio A. Montoya , Robert Tolley , Ian Gilbert , Soong-Geun Je , Mi-Young Im , Eric E. Fullerton

We study the current-driven skyrmion expulsion from magnetic nanostrips using micromagnetic simulations and analytic calculations. We explore the threshold current density for the skyrmion expulsion, and show that this threshold is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-05-25 Myoung-Woo Yoo , Vincent Cros , Joo-Von Kim

Skyrmions, novel topologically stable spin vortices, hold promise for next-generation magnetic storage due to their nanoscale domains to enable high information storage density and their low threshold for current-driven motion to enable…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-10-28 Dong Liang , John P. DeGrave , Matthew J. Stolt , Yoshinori Tokura , Song Jin

Magnetic skyrmions are particle-like objects with topologically-protected stability which can be set into motion with an applied current. Using a particle-based model we simulate current-driven magnetic skyrmions interacting with random…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2017-08-09 Sebastian A. Diaz , C. J. O. Reichhardt , Daniel P. Arovas , Avadh Saxena , C. Reichhardt

A magnetic skyrmionium is a nontopological soliton, which has a doughnut-like out-of-plane spin texture in thin films, and can be phenomenologically viewed as a coalition of two topological magnetic skyrmions with opposite topological…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-09-22 Xichao Zhang , Jing Xia , Yan Zhou , Daowei Wang , Xiaoxi Liu , Weisheng Zhao , Motohiko Ezawa

Magnetic skyrmions are nano-scale spin textures whose stability, size and ease of manipulation make them strong contenders for next generation data and logic applications. Here we illustrate fine motion control of skyrmions, we show how…

Applied Physics · Physics 2023-04-12 Charles Kind

A model for a spin-torque nano-oscillator based on the self-sustained oscillation of a magnetic skyrmion is presented. The system involves a circular nanopillar geometry comprising an ultrathin film free magnetic layer with a strong…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-08-03 F. Garcia-Sanchez , J. Sampaio , N. Reyren , V. Cros , J. -V. Kim

Skyrmions, topologically protected textures, have been observed in different fields of nanotechnology and have emerged as promising candidates for different applications due to their topological stability, low-power operation, and dynamic…

We investigate skyrmion configuration and dynamics in antiferromagnetic thin disks. It is shown that the skyrmion acquires oscillatory dynamics with well-defined amplitude and frequency which may be controlled on demand by the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-12-02 R. L. Silva , R. C. Silva , W. A. Moura-Melo , A. R. Pereira

We consider the interplay between magnetic skyrmions in an insulating thin film and the Dirac surface states of a 3D topological insulator (TI), coupled by proximity effect. The magnetic texture of skyrmions can lead to confinement of Dirac…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-01-28 Hilary M. Hurst , Dmitry K. Efimkin , Jiadong Zang , Victor Galitski

With the recent proposition of skyrmion utilization in racetrack memories at room temperature, skyrmionics has become a very attractive field. However, for the stability of skyrmions, it is essential to incorporate the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-03-09 R. P. Loreto , W. A. Moura-Melo , A. R. Pereira , X. Zhang , Y. Zhou , M. Ezawa , C. I. L. Araujo

We study theoretically the dynamics of magnons in the presence of a single skyrmion in chiral magnets featuring Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction. We show by micromagnetic simulations that the scattering process of magnons by a skyrmion can…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2014-02-18 Junichi Iwasaki , Aron J. Beekman , Naoto Nagaosa
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