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The magnetization reversal in 330 nm triangular prismatic magnetic nanoelements with variable magnetocrystalline anisotropy similar to that of partially chemically ordered FePt is studied using micromagnetic simulations employing Finite…

Computational Physics · Physics 2019-03-27 Leonidas N. Gergidis , Vasileios D. Stavrou , Drosos Kourounis , Ioannis Panagiotopoulos

The competition between external drives and interparticle interactions are important for the static and dynamic properties of topological quasiparticles in confined geometries. Here, we study the dynamics of particlelike skyrmions under a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-05-04 Xichao Zhang , Jing Xia , Xiaoxi Liu

Skyrmions, which are topologically stable magnetic structures, have manifested promising features to be used as an information carrier in new-age, non-volatile data storage devices. In this article, Co/Pt square nano-structure with Co-free…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-01-23 Tamali Mukherjee , V Satya Narayana Murthy

We study the chiral separation and chiral magnetic effects in a slab of Dirac semimetal of finite thickness, placed in a constant magnetic field perpendicular to its surfaces. We utilize the Bogolyubov boundary conditions with a large Dirac…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-01-05 E. V. Gorbar , V. A. Miransky , I. A. Shovkovy , P. O. Sukhachov

Magnetic skyrmions are nanometric spin textures of outstanding potential for spintronic applications due to unique features governed by their non-trivial topology. It is well known that skyrmions of definite chirality are stabilized by the…

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

The physical mechanisms underlying current-driven skyrmion motion include the spin-transfer torque exerted by a spin-polarized horizontal electric current and the spin-orbit torque exerted by a perpendicular spin current. Each mechanism…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-05-09 Yuto Uwabo , Ryo Fujimoto , Kimimaro Yanai , Masahito Mochizuki

Thin-film sub-5 nm magnetic skyrmions constitute an ultimate scaling alternative for future digital data storage. Skyrmions are robust non-collinear spin-textures that can be moved and manipulated by small electrical currents. We show here…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-10-20 Dax M. Crum , Mohammed Bouhassoune , Juba Bouaziz , Benedikt Schweflinghaus , Stefan Blügel , Samir Lounis

The helicity-orbital coupling is an intriguing feature of magnetic skyrmions in frustrated magnets. Here, we explore the skyrmion dynamics in a frustrated magnet based on the $J_{1}$-$J_{2}$-$J_{3}$ classical Heisenberg model explicitly by…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-11-27 Xichao Zhang , Jing Xia , Yan Zhou , Xiaoxi Liu , Han Zhang , Motohiko Ezawa

The Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya (DM) interaction is an antisymmetric exchange interaction that is responsible for the emergence of chiral magnetism. The origin of the DM interaction, however, remains to be identified albeit the large number of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-07-03 Naoaki Kato , Masashi Kawaguchi , Yong-Chang Lau , Toru Kikuchi , Yoshinobu Nakatani , Masamitsu Hayashi

We study the stabilization and electrical manipulation of skyrmions in magnetic ultrathin films in the absence of an applied magnetic field. We show that this requires an increased magnetic anisotropy, controlled by the sample thickness, as…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-01-06 Sougata Mallick , Sujit Panigrahy , Gajanan Pradhan , Stanislas Rohart

We address quantum metrology in critical spin chains with anisotropy and Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya (DM) interaction, and show how local and quasi-local measurements may be exploited to characterize global properties of the systems. In…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-02-18 Marco Adani , Simone Cavazzoni , Berihu Teklu , Paolo Bordone , Matteo G. A. Paris

Curvilinear nanomagnets can support magnetic skyrmions stabilized at a local curvature without any intrinsic chiral interactions. Here, we propose a new mechanism to stabilize chiral N\'{e}el skyrmion states relying on the \textit{gradient}…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-01-02 Oleksandr V. Pylypovskyi , Denys Makarov , Volodymyr P. Kravchuk , Yuri Gaididei , Avadh Saxena , Denis D. Sheka

We experimentally demonstrate the formation of room-temperature skyrmions with radii of about 25\,nm in easy-plane anisotropy multilayers with interfacial Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI). We detect the formation of individual…

The stability of magnetic skyrmions has been investigated in the past, but mostly in the absence of thermal fluctuations. However, thermal spin fluctuations modify the magnetic properties (exchange stiffness, Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-10-06 Ioannis Charalampidis , Joseph Barker

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

The magnetic properties of ferromagnetic thin films down to the nanoscale are ruled by the exchange stiffness, anisotropies and the effects of magnetic fields. As surfaces break inversion symmetry, an additional effective chiral exchange is…

We derive four reduced two-dimensional models that describe, at different spatial scales, the micromagnetics of ultrathin ferromagnetic materials of finite spatial extent featuring perpendicular magnetic anisotropy and interfacial…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-09-12 G. Di Fratta , C. B. Muratov , V. V. Slastikov

Magnetic skyrmions are nanoscale windings of the spin configuration that hold great promise for technology due to their topology-related properties and extremely reduced sizes. After the recent observation at room temperature of sub-100 nm…

We demonstrate the stray-field-mediated skyrmion stabilizing capabilities of ultrathin exchange-decoupled antisymmetric ferromagnetic bilayers based on conventional transition metal materials. Using an asymptotically exact micromagnetic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-04-03 Anne Bernand-Mantel , Valeriy V. Slastikov , Cyrill B. Muratov