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A magnetic skyrmion is a topological magnetization structure with a nanometric size and a well-defined swirling spin distribution, which is anticipated to be an essential building block for novel skyrmion-based device applications. We study…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-08-10 Xichao Zhang , Motohiko Ezawa , Yan Zhou

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

Magnetic skyrmions with a well-defined spin texture have shown unprecedented potential for various spintronic applications owning to their topologically non-trivial and quasiparticle properties. To put skyrmions into practical technology,…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-08-16 Ruyi Chen , Chong Chen , Lei Han , Peisen Liu , Rongxuan Su , Wenxuan Zhu , Yongjian Zhou , Feng Pan , Cheng Song

The dynamic behavior of non-collinear atomic spin arrangements in a topologically protected magnetic skyrmion plays a pivotal role in potential future spintronic technologies, including racetrack memory based ultra-high-density storage…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-10-26 Hitesh Chhabra , Jayaseelan Dhakshinamoorthy , Ajaya K. Nayak

Magnetic skyrmions are magnetic textures with topological protection, which are expected to be information carriers in future spintronic devices. In this work, we propose a scheme to implement hybrid magnetic skyrmions (HMS) in…

Applied Physics · Physics 2023-04-27 Y. Liu , T. T. Liu , Z. P. Hou , D. Y. Chen , Z. Fan , M. Zeng , X. B. Lu , X. S. Gao , M. H. Qin , J. M. Liu

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

An interaction between ferromagnetic and superconducting orders, to be realized in a two dimensional ferromagnetic superconductor, is proposed obeying necessary symmetry principles. This interaction allows us to formulate a duality, similar…

Superconductivity · Physics 2026-04-17 Shantonu Mukherjee

Magnetic skyrmions, due to their topological stability and high mobility, are strong candidates for information carriers in spintronic devices. To advance their practical applications, a detailed understanding of their nucleation and…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-09-09 Tamali Mukherjee , V Satya Narayana Murthy , Banasree Sadhukhan

We show that directed ratchet transport of a driven overdamped Brownian particle subjected to a spatially periodic and symmetric potential can be reliably controlled by tailoring a biharmonic temporal force, in coherence with the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-06-12 Pedro J. Martínez , Ricardo Chacón

Recently, there has been substantial interest in realizations of skyrmions, in particular in 2D systems due to increased stability resulting from reduced dimensionality. A stable skyrmion, representing the smallest realizable magnetic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-03-02 Utkan Güngördü , Rabindra Nepal , Oleg A. Tretiakov , Kirill Belashchenko , Alexey A. Kovalev

We propose an intrinsic maximum speed for dissipationless E cross B drift of Skyrmion quasiparticles in quantum Hall ferromagnets. When this speed is exceeded, Skyrmions can radiate spin-waves by making internal excitations which allow…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-28 H. A. Fertig , L. Brey , R. Cote , A. H. MacDonald

A magnetic skyrmion isusually refers to a twisted spin texture surrounded by uniformly aligned out-of-plane spinsin the background of a uniformly magnetized state. The invariance of the magnetic skyrmion conserves its topological charge…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-01-01 Kyoung-Woong Moon , Jungbum Yoon , Changsoo Kim , Chanyong Hwang

Recently spin textures called skyrmions have been discovered in certain chiral magnetic materials without spatial inversion symmetry, and have attracted enormous attention due to their promising application in spintronics since only a low…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2013-06-18 Shi-Zeng Lin , Charles Reichhardt , Cristian D. Batista , Avadh Saxena

In skyrmion-based racetrack memories, the information encoded by skyrmions may be destroyed due to the skyrmion Hall effect, which can be surmounted by using synthetic antiferromagnetic racetracks. Hence, the manipulation of skyrmions in…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-03-18 Renan P. Loreto , Xichao Zhang , Yan Zhou , Motohiko Ezawa , Xiaoxi Liu , Clodoaldo I. L. de Araújo

The commonly believed absence of skyrmion Hall effect for topologically trivial magnetic skyrmions is reconsidered for bilayer skyrmions in synthetic antiferromagnets driven by spin-transfer and spin-orbit torques. Using a general…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-07-22 Mu-Kun Lee , Javier A. Vélez , Rubén M. Otxoa , Masahito Mochizuki

We present an analytical study on the spinmotive force (SMF) generated by translational motion of magnetic skyrmion. A SMF refers to an electrical voltage induced by dynamical magnetic textures, which reflects the spatiotemporal variation…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-03-18 Yuta Yamane , Jun'ichi Ieda

Magnetic skyrmions are topological spin textures promising for future high-density and nonvolatile memory. It is crucial to understand the current-driven skyrmion dynamics in the presence of deformation, of which an analytical model,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-01-13 Zehan Chen , Xichao Zhang , Yan Zhou , Qiming Shao

Diffusion of particles has wide repercussions ranging from particle-based soft matter systems to solid state systems with particular electronic properties. Recently, in the field of magnetism, diffusion of magnetic skyrmions, topologically…

We study the Thiele equation for current-induced motion in a skyrmion lattice through two soluble models of the pinning potential. Comprised by a Magnus term, a dissipative term and a pinning force, Thiele's equation resembles Newton's law…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-03-23 J. C. Martinez , M. B. A. Jalil

An asymmetric Brownian particle subjected to an external time-dependent force may acquire a net drift velocity, and thus operate as a motor or ratchet, even if the external force is represented by an unbiased time-periodic function or by a…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2018-11-14 A. V. Plyukhin