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We formulate a theory of skyrmion and antiskyrmion generation using magnetic field and charge current pulses. We show that the topological defect can be created at an edge of a system with Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI) as well as…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-08-19 Shane Sandhoefner , Aldo Raeliarijaona , Rabindra Nepal , Dalton Snyder-Tinoco , Alexey A. Kovalev

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

Current-driven dynamics of spin textures plays a pivotal role in potential applications for electronic devices. While two-dimensional magnetic skyrmions with topologically nontrivial spin textures have garnered significant interest, their…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-04-25 Kotaro Shimizu , Shun Okumura , Yasuyuki Kato , Yukitoshi Motome

Topological spin textures are characterized by topological magnetic charges, Q, which govern their electromagnetic properties. Recent studies have achieved skyrmion bundles with arbitrary integer values of Q, opening possibilities for…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-12-12 Yongsen Zhang , Jin Tang , Yaodong Wu , Meng Shi , Xitong Xu , Shouguo Wang , Mingliang Tian , Haifeng Du

Magnetic skyrmions are regarded as promising information candidates in future spintronic devices, which have been investigated theoretically and experimentally in isotropic system. Recently, the sta- bilization of antiskyrmions in the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-10-08 Chengkun Song , Chendong Jin , Haiyan Xia , Jinshuai Wang , Yunxu Ma , Jianbo Wang , Qingfang Liu

The interfacial Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya Interaction can modify the topology of droplets excited by a localized spin-polarized current. Here, we show that, in addition to the stationary droplet excitations with skyrmion number either one…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-09-07 Mario Carpentieri , Riccardo Tomasello , Roberto Zivieri , Giovanni Finocchio

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

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 topologically-protected spin textures existing in helimagentic materials, which can be utilized as information carriers for non-volatile memories and logic circuits in spintronics. Searching simple and controllable…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-01-08 Ya-qing Zheng , Yong Wang

Magnetic skyrmions, topologically stabilized chiral magnetic textures with particle-like properties have so far primarily been studied statically. Here, we experimentally investigate the dynamics of skyrmion ensembles in metallic thin film…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-03-14 Klaus Raab , Maurice Schmitt , Maarten A. Brems , Jan Rothörl , Fabian Kammerbauer , Sachin Krishnia , Mathias Kläui , Peter Virnau

Topologically nontrivial field configurations called "baby skyrmions" behave like particles and give origins to the field of skyrmionics that promises racetrack memory and other technological applications. Unraveling the non-equilibrium…

Materials Science · Physics 2017-06-30 Paul J. Ackerman , Timothy Boyle , Ivan I. Smalyukh

Magnetic skyrmions have attracted great research interest in recent years due to their exotic physical properties, scientific merit and potential applications in modern technology. Here, we apply a quantum computational method to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-02-04 Zhaosen Liu , Tiantian Huan , Hou Ian

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

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

We study the geometrical conditions for stabilizing magnetic skyrmions in cylindrical nanostrips and nanotubes of ferromagnetic materials with chiral interactions. We obtain the low-temperature equilibrium state of the system implementing a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-08-28 Dimitris Kechrakos , Lida Tzannetou , Aristotelis Patsopoulos

Magnetic skyrmions are intriguing topological spin textures that promise future high-density spintronic devices. The creation of magnetic skyrmions has been understood based on the energetics of skyrmions, but the detailed dynamic process…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-11-17 Soong-Geun Je

Magnetic skyrmionium can be used as a nanometer-scale non-volatile information carrier, which shows no skyrmion Hall effect due to its special structure carrying zero topological charge. Here, we report the static and dynamic properties of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-07-10 Jing Xia , Xichao Zhang , Motohiko Ezawa , Oleg A. Tretiakov , Zhipeng Hou , Wenhong Wang , Guoping Zhao , Xiaoxi Liu , Hung T. Diep , Yan Zhou

Symmetry breaking together with strong spin-orbit interaction give rise to many exciting phenomena within condensed matter physics. A recent example is the existence of chiral spin textures, which are observed in magnetic systems lacking…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-09-26 Wanjun Jiang , Gong Chen , Kai Liu , Jiadong Zang , Suzanne G. E. te Velthuis , Axel Hoffmann

Skyrmions are nanoscale magnetic structures with features promising for future low-power memory or logic devices. In this work, we demonstrate novel scanning techniques based on nitrogen vacancy center magnetometry that simultaneously probe…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-08-07 Alec Jenkins , Matthew Pelliccione , Guoqiang Yu , Xin Ma , Xiaoqin Li , Kang L. Wang , Ania C. Bleszynski Jayich

Topological order is important in many aspects of condensed matter physics, and has been extended to bosonic systems. In this Letter we report on the nontrivial topology of the magnon bands in two distinct quantum skyrmion crystals…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2022-08-15 Kristian Mæland , Asle Sudbø