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Understanding the dynamics of current-driven skyrmion is essential for their practical applications. In this study, we apply an AC current pulse (a) in x-- direction, and (b) in both x-- and y-- directions through the free layer of a Co/Pt…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-04-10 Tamali Mukherjee , V Satya Narayana Murthy

Classical Hamiltonian systems with a mixed phase space and some asymmetry may exhibit chaotic ratchet effects. The most significant such effect is a directed momentum current or acceleration. In known model systems, this effect may arise…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2012-05-29 Itzhack Dana , Vladislav B. Roitberg

Magnetic skyrmions are spin swirling solitonic defects that can play a major role in information technology. Their future in applications and devices hinges on their efficient manipulation and detection. Here, we explore from ab-initio…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-01-18 Mohammed Bouhassoune , Samir Lounis

We investigate a mechanical method to manipulate magnetic Bloch Skyrmions by applying an electric field in a composite chiral-magnetic (CM)/ferroelectric (FE) bilayer. The magnetoelectric coupling at the interface allows the electric field…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-12-14 Zidong Wang , Malcolm Grimson

Controlling the skyrmion Hall effect (SkHE) is pivotal for developing topological spintronics but typically relies on magnetic field reversal. Here, we demonstrate a general strategy for the purely electrical switching of the SkHE in…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-03-19 Wenhui Du , Kaiying Dou , Ying Dai , Zeyan Wang , Baibiao Huang , Yandong Ma

In this work, we study the microscopic dynamics of distorted skyrmions in strained chiral magnets [K. Shibata et al., Nat. Nanotech. 10, 589 (2015)] under gradient magnetic field or electric current by Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert simulations of…

Applied Physics · Physics 2018-07-03 J. Chen , J. J. Liang , J. H. Yu , M. H. Qin , Z. Fan , M. Zeng , X. B. Lu , X. S. Gao , S. Dong , J. -M. Liu

Controlled movement of nano-scale stable magnetic objects has been proposed as the foundation for a new generation of magnetic storage devices. Magnetic skyrmions, vortex-like spin textures stabilized by their topology are particularly…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2017-11-27 Yongkang Luo , Shizeng Lin , M. Leroux , N. Wakeham , D. M. Fobes , E. D. Bauer , J. B. Betts , J. D. Thompson , A. Migliori , M. Janoschek , Boris Maiorov

Magnetic skyrmions, topologically-stabilized spin textures that emerge in magnetic systems, have garnered considerable interest due to a variety of electromagnetic responses that are governed by the topology. The topology that creates a…

Reliable transport of magnetic skyrmions is required for any future skyrmion-based information processing devices. Here we present a micromagnetic study of the in-plane current-driven motion of a skyrmion in a ferromagnetic nanotrack with…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-02-21 Xichao Zhang , Jing Xia , G. P. Zhao , Xiaoxi Liu , Yan Zhou

We consider helical rotation of skyrmions confined in the potentials formed by nano-disks. Based on numerical and analytical calculations we propose the skyrmion echo phenomenon. The physical mechanism of the skyrmion echo formation is also…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2022-10-05 X. -G. Wang , Guang-hua Guo , A. Dyrdał , J. Barnaś , V. K. Dugaev , S. S. P. Parkin , A. Ernst , L. Chotorlishvili

Magnetic skyrmions, topologically stabilized spin textures, are promising candidates for future memory devices and non-conventional computing applications due to their enhanced stability, non-linear interactions, and low-power manipulation…

We revisit a theory of skyrmion transport in ferromagnets. On a basis of an effective U(1) gauge theory for spin-chirality fluctuations in double-exchange ferromagnets, we derive an expression for the velocity of a skyrmion core driven by…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-05-03 Ki-Seok Kim , Shigeki Onoda

When an electron moves in a smoothly varying non-collinear magnetic structure, its spin-orientation adapts constantly, thereby inducing forces that act on both the magnetic structure and the electron. These forces may be described by…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-06-04 T. Schulz , R. Ritz , A. Bauer , M. Halder , M. Wagner , C. Franz , C. Pfleiderer , K. Everschor , M. Garst , A. Rosch

Magnetic skyrmions are quasiparticle configurations in a magnetic film that can act as information carrying bits for ultrasmall, all-electronic nonvolatile memory. The skyrmions can be nucleated and driven by spin-orbit torque from a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-01-12 Hamed Vakili , Yunkun Xie , Avik W. Ghosh

Magnetic skyrmions exhibit particle-like stability and rich dynamical behaviour arising from their topological nature, making them promising building blocks for future spintronic devices. In this work, we investigate the interaction…

Applied Physics · Physics 2025-12-29 M. Al Busaidi , F. Al Ma'Mari , R. Sbiaa

We numerically examine driven skyrmions interacting with a periodic quasi-one dimensional substrate where the driving force is applied either parallel or perpendicular to the substrate periodicity direction. For perpendicular driving, the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2017-12-06 C. Reichhardt , C. J. Olson Reichhardt

In chiral magnetic materials, numerous intriguing phenomena such as built in chiral magnetic domain walls (DWs) and skyrmions are generated by the Dzyaloshinskii Moriya interaction (DMI). The DMI also results in asymmetric DW speed under in…

We study the dynamics of a skyrmion in a magnetic insulating nanowire in the presence of time-dependent oscillating magnetic field gradients. These ac fields act as a net driving force on the skyrmion via its own intrinsic magnetic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-06-13 Christina Psaroudaki , Daniel Loss

We examine the current-induced dynamics of a skyrmion that is subject to both structural and bulk inversion asymmetry. There arises a hybrid type of Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI) which is in the form of a mixture of interfacial…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-07-04 Kyoung-Whan Kim , Kyoung-Woong Moon , Nico Kerber , Jonas Nothhelfer , Karin Everschor-Sitte

Magnetic skyrmions exhibit unique, technologically relevant pseudo-particle behaviors which arise from their topological protection, including well-defined, three-dimensional dynamic modes that occur at microwave frequencies. During dynamic…