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We introduce and systematically investigate a new class of topological magnetic textures, skyrmionium meta-matter, composed of skyrmioniums (Skm, $Q=0$) and skyrmions (Sk, $Q=-1$) arranged in periodic lattices mimicking the richness of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-11-21 Andrey O. Leonov , Kaito Nakamura

Chiral skyrmion states exist in non - centrosymmetric magnetic crystals as a consequence of the asymmetric exchange Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interactions that destroy the homogeneous magnetic state and generally lead to twisted incommensurate…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-06-10 A. O. Leonov

Magnetic skyrmions are small swirling topological defects in the magnetization texture stabilized by the protection due to their topology. In most cases they are induced by chiral interactions between atomic spins existing in…

Materials Science · Physics 2017-12-21 Albert Fert , Nicolas Reyren , Vincent Cros

We develop a theory of the magnetic field-induced formation of Skyrmion crystal state in chiral magnets in two spatial dimensions, motivated by the recent discovery of the Skyrmionic phase of magnetization in thin film of…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2011-02-28 Jung Hoon Han , Jiadong Zang , Zhihua Yang , Jin-Hong Park , Naoto Nagaosa

Magnetic skyrmions are particle-like spin-swirling objects ubiquitously realized in magnets. They are topologically stable chiral kinks composed of multiple modulation waves of spiral spin structures, where the helicity of each spiral is…

Geometrically frustrated magnets provide abundant opportunities for discovering complex spin textures, which sometimes yield unconventional electromagnetic responses in correlated electron systems. It is theoretically predicted that…

We investigate the phase ordering kinetics of skyrmion lattice (SkL) in a metallic magnet. The SkL can be viewed as a superposition of magnetic stripes whose periods are determined by the quasi-nesting wave vectors of the underlying Fermi…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-05-26 Kotaro Shimizu , Gia-Wei Chern

Thin ferromagnetic films can possess unconventional magnetic properties, opening a new road for using them in spintronic technologies. In the present work exploiting three different methods, we comprehensively analyze phason excitations of…

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

The chirality, i.e. left or right handedness, is an important notion in a broad range of science. In condensed matter, this occurs not only in molecular or crystal forms but also in magnetic structures. A magnetic skyrmion, a…

Materials Science · Physics 2013-10-24 K. Shibata , X. Z. Yu , T. Hara , D. Morikawa , N. Kanazawa , K. Kimoto , S. Ishiwata , Y. Matsui , Y. Tokura

Magnetic skyrmions are particle-like topological excitations that recently generated much interest as candidates for future spintronic devices based on skyrmion small size, enhanced topological stability, and/or mutual interaction. Here we…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-08-28 Thomas T. J. Mutter , Andrey O. Leonov , Katsuya Inoue

Skyrmions have attracted rapidly growing interest due to their topological properties and unique aspects for potential novel applications such as data storage and soft robotics. They can also serve as key elements for materials by design,…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2021-01-20 Ayhan Duzgun , Avadh Saxena , Jonathan V. Selinger

Lattice formation of swirling textures is ubiquitous in solid-state materials, such as a magnetic skyrmion lattice in chiral magnets. In the magnetic skyrmion lattices, their moving states and dynamics under external perturbations are still…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-04-29 D. Okuyama , M. Bleuel , Q. Ye , J. Krzywon , N. Nagaosa , A. Kikkawa , Y. Taguchi , Y. Tokura , J. D. Reim , Y. Nambu , T. J. Sato

This study establishes a comprehensive framework for the three-dimensional strain control of magnetic skyrmion strings. We integrate analytical modeling, micromagnetic simulations, and \textit{in situ} Lorentz transmission electron…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-12-11 Haijun Zhao , Tae-Hoon Kim , Lin Zhou , Liqin Ke

The tensile strain is a promising tool for creation and manipulation of magnetic solitonic textures in the chiral helimagnets via tunable control of magnetic anisotropy and Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction. Here, by using the in-situ…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-07-15 Victor Ukleev , Yuichi Yamasaki , Oleg Utesov , Kiyou Shibata , Naoya Kanazawa , Nicolas Jaouen , Yoshinori Tokura , Taka-hisa Arima

In cubic noncentrosymmetric ferromagnets uniaxial distortions suppress the helical states and stabilize Skyrmion lattices in a broad range of thermodynamical parameters. Using a phenomenological theory for modulated and localized states in…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-10-11 A. B. Butenko , A. A. Leonov , U. K. Rößler , A. N. Bogdanov

Chiral magnets are an emerging class of topological matter harbouring localized and topologically protected vortex-like magnetic textures called skyrmions, which are currently under intense scrutiny as a new entity for information storage…

Magnetic transition phenomena in cubic chiral antiferromagnet EuPtSi with $T_{\rm N}$=4.0~K were investigated by means of single crystal neutron diffraction. At 0.3~K in the ground state, magnetic peaks emerge at positions represented by an…

Skyrmionic patterns of optical fields have recently emerged across diverse photonic platforms. Here, we show that such textures also arise in the polarization eigenstates of light propagation through flat dielectric devices with an…

Optics · Physics 2025-10-13 Francesco Di Colandrea , Lorenzo Marrucci , Filippo Cardano

Magnetic skyrmions, which are topologically distinct magnetic spin textures, are gaining increased attention for their unique physical properties and potential applications in spintronic devices. Here we present a design strategy for…

We study the effects of an in-plane Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction under an external magnetic field in the highly frustrated kagome antiferromagnet. We focus on the low-temperature phase diagram, which we obtain through extensive…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2019-12-11 M. E. Villalba , F. A. Gómez Albarracín , H. D. Rosales , D. C. Cabra