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Skyrmions can be driven by spin-orbit torques as a result of the spin Hall effect. Here we model an additional contribution in ultra-thin multilayers, arising from the spin accumulation at heavy metal / ferromagnetic interfaces and observe…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-01-04 C. R. MacKinnon , S. Lepadatu , T. Mercer , P. Bissell

The world is full of fluids that flow. The fluid nature of flowing skyrmionic quasiparticles is of fundamental physical interest and plays an essential role in the transport of many skyrmions. Here, we report the laminar and transiently…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-10-26 Xichao Zhang , Jing Xia , Oleg A. Tretiakov , Motohiko Ezawa , Guoping Zhao , Yan Zhou , Xiaoxi Liu , Masahito Mochizuki

Magnetic skyrmions have been in the spotlight since their observation in technologically relevant systems at room temperature. More recently, there has been increasing interest in additional quasiparticles that may exist as…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-02-08 Runze Chen , Yu Li , Vasilis F. Pavlidis , Christoforos Moutafis

We propose a mechanism to pin skyrmions in chiral magnets by introducing local maximum of magnetic exchange strength, which can be realized in chiral magnetic thin films by engineering the local density of itinerate electrons. Thus we find…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2013-03-07 Ye-Hua Liu , You-Quan Li

Since the experimental discovery of magnetic skyrmions achieved one decade ago, there have been significant efforts to bring the virtual particles into all-electrical fully functional devices, inspired by their fascinating physical and…

We propose a new method to generate magnetic skyrmions through spin-wave focusing in chiral ferromagnets.A lens is constructed to focus spin waves by a curved interface between two ferromagnetic thin films with different perpendicular…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-12-04 Zhenyu Wang , Z. -X. Li , Ruifang Wang , Bo Liu , Hao Meng , Yunshan Cao , Peng Yan

Topological spin textures can be found in both two-dimensional and three-dimensional nanostructures, which are of great importance to advanced spintronic applications. Here we report the current-induced skyrmion tube dynamics in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-05-11 Jing Xia , Xichao Zhang , Kai-Yu Mak , Motohiko Ezawa , Oleg A. Tretiakov , Yan Zhou , Guoping Zhao , Xiaoxi Liu

Magnetic skyrmions hold great promise for realizing compact and stable memory devices that can be manipulated at very low energy costs via electronic current densities. In this work, we extend a recently introduced method to describe…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-12-20 Emil Östberg , Emil Viñas Boström , Claudio Verdozzi

Magnetic skyrmions, renowned for their fascinating electromagnetic properties, hold potential for next-generation topological spintronic devices. Recent advancements have unveiled a rich tapestry of 3D topological magnetism. Nevertheless,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-12-11 Yaodong Wu , Jialiang Jiang , Weiwei Wang , Lingyao Kong , Shouguo Wang , Mingliang Tian , Haifeng Du , Jin Tang

Skyrmions are vortex-like textures of magnetic moments found in some magnetically ordered materials. Here we describe the origin of the skyrmion and discuss the experimental realization of skyrmions in magnetic materials, the dynamic…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2022-02-23 Tom Lancaster

Spin eigenexcitations of skyrmions and related chiral magnetic textures have attracted considerable interest over the recent years owing to their strong potential for applications in information processing and microwave devices. The…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-10-13 Martin Lonsky , Axel Hoffmann

Magnetic skyrmions are nanoscale spin textures touted as next-generation computing elements. When subjected to lateral currents, skyrmions move at considerable speeds. Their topological charge results in an additional transverse deflection…

The purpose of the research is the construction of the analytical model for description of spin-polarized current-driven ferromagnetic domain wall motion with a skyrmion building block. The dependence of velocity of ferromagnetic domain…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-03-30 O. Gorobets , Yu. Gorobets , I. Tiukavkina , R. Gerasimenko

The recent discovery of tunable Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interactions in layered magnetic materials with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy makes them promising candidates for stabilization and manipulation of skyrmions at elevated…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-12-17 Rick Keesman , A. O. Leonov , P. van Dieten , Stefan Buhrandt , G. T. Barkema , Lars Fritz , R. A. Duine

Magnetic skyrmions are promising candidates for the next generation of spintronic devices due to their small size and topologically protected structure. One challenge for using these magnetic states in applications lies on controlling the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-10-19 J. Brandão , D. A. Dugato , R. L. Seeger , J. C. Denardin , T. J. A. Mori , J. C. Cezar

Magnetic skyrmions forming two-dimensional (2D) lattices provide a versatile platform for investigating phase transitions predicted by Kosterlitz-Thouless-Halperin-Nelson-Young (KTHNY) theory. While 2D melting in skyrmion systems has been…

Magnetic skyrmions are topological magnetic structures, which exhibit quasi-particle properties and can show enhanced stability against perturbation from thermal noise. Recently, thermal Brownian diffusion of these quasi-particles has been…

Using both atomistic and particle-based simulations, we investigate the current-driven dynamics of skyrmions on two-dimensional periodic substrates when there are multiple skyrmions per substrate minimum. At zero drive, the system forms…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-04-03 J. C. Bellizotti Souza , C. J. O. Reichhardt , C. Reichhardt , N. P. Vizarim , P. A. Venegas

The effect of the spatially varying spin current on a skyrmion is numerically investigated. It is shown that an inhomogeneous current density induces an elongation of the skyrmion. This elongation can be controlled using current pulses of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-09-27 Floris van Duijn , Javier Osca , Bart Sorée

Magnetic skyrmions are localized nanometric spin textures with quantized winding numbers as the topological invariant. Rapidly increasing attention has been paid to the investigations of skyrmions since their experimental discovery in 2009,…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2018-07-31 Ping Huang , Marco Cantoni , Alex Kruchkov , Rajeswari Jayaraman , Arnaud Magrez , Fabrizio Carbone , Henrik M. Ronnow