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We propose that topological spin currents flowing in topologically non-trivial magnetic textures, such as magnetic skyrmions and vortices, produce an intrinsic non-adiabatic torque of the form ${\bf T}_t\sim [(\partial_x{\bf…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-03-08 Collins Ashu Akosa , Papa Birame Ndiaye , Aurélien Manchon

Twistronics is studied intensively in twisted 2D heterostructures and its extension to trilayer moir\'e structures has proven beneficial for the tunability of unconventional correlated states and superconductivity in twisted trilayer…

Magnetic skyrmions can be considered as topologically protected localized vortex-like spin textures. Due to their stability, their small size, and the possibility to move them by low electric currents they are promising candidates for…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-07-05 Martin Stier , Wolfgang Häusler , Thore Posske , Gregor Gurski , Michael Thorwart

Moir\'e patterns, stacking and twisting multilayer periodic lattices into superlattices, have become cornerstones of many physical systems from condensed matter to wave phenomena, but have never been properly studied in water waves. Here,…

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

Nonlocality is a key feature of many physical systems since it prevents a catastrophic collapse and a symmetry-breaking azimuthal instability of intense wave beams in a bulk self-focusing nonlinear media. This opens up an intriguing…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2017-02-16 V. M. Biloshytskyi , A. O. Oliynyk , P. M. Kruglenko , A. S. Desyatnikov , A. I. Yakimenko

Topological wave structures, such as vortices and skyrmions, appear in a variety of quantum and classical wave fields, including optics and acoustics. In particular, optical vortices have found numerous applications ranging from quantum…

Classical Physics · Physics 2025-02-13 Bo Wang , Zhiyuan Che , Cheng Cheng , Caili Tong , Lei Shi , Yijie Shen , Konstantin Y. Bliokh , Jian Zi

We study the spin textures of a confined two-dimensional electron in inhomogeneous magnetic fields. These fields can either be external or effective fields due to a background magnetic texture in the plane in which the electron resides. By…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-03-12 Amin Naseri , Shenglin Peng , Wenchen Luo , Jesko Sirker

Topological defects, such as domain walls and vortices, have long fascinated physicists. A novel twist is added in quantum systems like the B-phase of superfluid helium He$_3$, where vortices are associated with low energy excitations in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-04-02 Ying Ran , Yi Zhang , Ashvin Vishwanath

Solitonic magnetic excitations such as domain walls and, specifically, skyrmionics enable the possibility of compact, high density, ultrafast,all-electronic, low-energy devices, which is the basis for the emerging area of skyrmionics. The…

Optical vortices are phase singularities nested in electromagnetic waves that constitute a fascinating source of phenomena in the physics of light and display deep similarities to their close relatives, quantized vortices in superfluids and…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2007-05-23 Anton S. Desyatnikov , Lluis Torner , Yuri S. Kivshar

Increasing amounts of information force the continuous improvement of information storage and processing technologies, further device miniaturization, and their efficiency increase. Magnetic skyrmions, topological quasiparticles, and the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-04-13 Mateusz Zelent , Mathieu Moalic , Michal Mruczkiewicz , Xiaoguang Li , Yan Zhou , Maciej Krawczyk

Spatial topology endows topological solitons, such as skyrmions and hopfions, with fascinating dynamics. However, the temporal dimension has so far provided a passive stage on which topological solitons evolve. Here we construct spacetime…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-05-17 R. Knapman , T. Tausendpfund , S. A. Díaz , K. Everschor-Sitte

Rather generically, multicomponent superconductors and superfluids have intercomponent current-current interaction. We show that in superconductors with substantially strong intercomponent drag interaction, the topological defects which…

Superconductivity · Physics 2014-03-11 Julien Garaud , Karl A. H. Sellin , Juha Jäykkä , Egor Babaev

In the present research, we demonstrate the usage of plasmonic effects in thin film structures to control magnetic topological textures, specifically skyrmions and skyrmioniums. We investigate numerically the generation and alteration of…

Applied Physics · Physics 2024-03-13 W. Al Saidi , R. Sbiaa , Y. Dusch , N. Tiercelin

A spin-polarized current in a nanocontact to a magnetic film can create collective magnetic oscillations by compensating the magnetic damping. In particular, in materials with uniaxial magnetic anisotropy, droplet solitons have been…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-12-05 Nahuel Statuto , Joan Manel Hernàndez , Andrew D. Kent , Ferran Macià

We address the properties of fully three-dimensional solitons in complex parity-time (PT)-symmetric periodic lattices with focusing Kerr nonlinearity, and uncover that such lattices can stabilize both, fundamental and vortex-carrying…

Optics · Physics 2016-10-18 Yaroslav V. Kartashov , Chao Hang , Guoxiang Huang , Lluis Torner

The mutual drag in strongly interacting two-component superfluids in optical lattices is discussed. Two competing drag mechanisms are the vacancy-assisted motion and proximity to the quasi-molecular state, in which an integer number $q$ of…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-11 V. M. Kaurov , A. B. Kuklov , A. E. Meyerovich

We introduce a 2D network built of $\mathcal{PT}$-symmetric dimers with on-site cubic nonlinearity, the gain and loss elements of the dimers being linked by parallel square-shaped lattices. The system may be realized as a set of…

Optics · Physics 2015-06-23 Zhaopin Chen , Jingfeng Liu , Shenhe Fu , Yongyao Li , Boris A. Malomed

Complete topological classification of solutions in SO(3) symmetric Ginzburg-Landau free energy has been performed and a new class of solutions in weak external magnetic field carrying two units of magnetic flux has been identified. These…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-10-31 A. Knigavko , B. Rosenstein , Y. F. Chen
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