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Magnetic hopfions are string-like three-dimensional topological solitons, characterised by the Hopf invariant. They serve as a fundamental prototype for three-dimensional magnetic quasi-particles and are an inspiration for novel device…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-03-15 Moritz Sallermann , Hannes Jónsson , Stefan Blügel

Two-dimensional topological solitons, commonly called Skyrmions, are extensively studied in solid-state magnetic nanostructures and promise many spintronics applications. However, three-dimensional topological solitons dubbed hopfions have…

Materials Science · Physics 2018-11-02 Jung-Shen B. Tai , Ivan I. Smalyukh

Topological solitons have been studied for decades in classical field theories, and have started recently to impact condensed matter physics. Among those solitons, magnetic skyrmions are two-dimensional particle-like objects with a…

Paradigmatic knotted solitons, Hopfions, that are characterized by topological Hopf invariant, are widely investigated in the diverse areas ranging from high energy physics, cosmology and astrophysics to biology, magneto- and hydrodynamics…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-06-24 I. Luk'yanchuk , Y. Tikhonov , A. Razumnaya , V. M. Vinokur

Magnetic hopfions are three-dimensional topological solitons with non-zero Hopf index ${\cal H}$ in the vector field of material's local magnetization. In this Letter elliptical stability of hopfions with ${\cal H}=1$ in a classical…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-05-30 Konstantin L. Metlov

A magnetic Hopfion is a three-dimensional topological soliton that consists of a closed loop of a twisted magnetic Skyrmion string. The results of numerical simulations are presented that demonstrate the existence of a stable Hopfion in a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-08-29 Paul Sutcliffe

Magnetic hopfions are three-dimensional localized topological solitons in the volume of a magnet. In this work, starting with a classical free energy density of a helimagnet, an approximate variational model of hopfions is studied. The…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-09-10 Konstantin L. Metlov

Magnetic hopfions are three-dimensional topological solitons whose static stability has recently been confirmed in experiments, yet their dynamical modes remain largely unexplored. Here we combine micromagnetic simulations and analytical…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-09-03 Felipe Tejo , Rubén M. Otxoa

Hopfions are a class of three-dimensional (3D) solitons which are built as vortex tori carrying intrinsic twist of the toroidal core. They are characterized by two independent topological charges, \textit{viz}., vorticity $S$ and winding…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2025-07-16 Zibin Zhao , Guilong Li , Huanbo Luo , Bin Liu , Guihua Chen , Boris A. Malomed , Yongyao Li

Hopfions, higher-dimensional topological quasiparticles with sophisticated 3D knotted spin textures discovered in condensed matter and photonic systems, show promise in high-density data storage and transfer. Here we present crystalline…

Optics · Physics 2025-08-22 Wenbo Lin , Nilo Mata-Cervera , Yasutomo Ota , Yijie Shen , Satoshi Iwamoto

Magnetic hopfions in chiral magnets are topological solitons, localized in three dimensions. But is their localization strong? To address this question we derive an asymptotic expansion for the isolated hopfion's spatial profile. It becomes…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-02-25 Konstantin L. Metlov , Maksim M. Gordei

Magnetic hopfions are topologically protected three-dimensional solitons that are constituted by a tube which exhibits a topologically nontrivial spin texture in the cross-section profile and is closed to a torus. Here we show that the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-03-17 Börge Göbel , Collins Ashu Akosa , Gen Tatara , Ingrid Mertig

Topological magnetic textures have attracted considerable interest since they exhibit new properties and might be useful in information technology. Magnetic hopfions are three-dimensional (3D) spatial variations in the magnetization with a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-11-12 X. S. Wang , A. Qaiumzadeh , A. Brataas

Spatial topology endows topological solitons, such as skyrmions and hopfions, with fascinating dynamics. However, the temporal dimension has so far provided a passive stage on which topological solitons evolve. Here we construct spacetime…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-05-17 R. Knapman , T. Tausendpfund , S. A. Díaz , K. Everschor-Sitte

Magnetic hopfion is three-dimensional (3D) topological soliton with novel spin structure that would enable exotic dynamics. Here we study the current driven 3D dynamics of a magnetic hopfion with unit Hopf index in a frustrated magnet.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-04-01 Yizhou Liu , Wentao Hou , Xiufeng Han , Jiadong Zang

Three-dimensional topological solitons attract a great deal of interest in fields ranging from particle physics to cosmology but remain experimentally elusive in solid-state magnets. Here we numerically predict magnetic heliknotons, an…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-07-28 Robert Voinescu , Jung-Shen B. Tai , Ivan I. Smalyukh

3D topological solitons are marvels of mathematical physics that arise in theoretical models in elementary particle and nuclear physics, condensed matter, and cosmology. A particularly interesting type of them is described by the…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2022-07-06 Jung-Shen B. Tai , Jin-Sheng Wu , Ivan I. Smalyukh

Three-dimensional topological spin textures have attracted growing interest due to their rich geometry and potential for functional magnetic phenomena. In this work, we propose the concept of symmetry-transforming magnetic models as a novel…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2026-01-19 Sandra C Shaju , Maria Azhar , Karin Everschor-Sitte

Topological particle-like excitations such as skyrmions and hopfions offer rich opportunities for spintronic and photonic applications. While skyrmions have been extensively studied, the stabilization mechanisms and phase behavior of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-12-01 Andrey O. Leonov , Takayuki Shigenaga

Structured light fields embody strong spatial variations of polarisation, phase and amplitude. Understanding, characterization and exploitation of such fields can be achieved through their topological properties. Three-dimensional (3D)…

Optics · Physics 2022-07-13 Yijie Shen , Bingshi Yu , Haijun Wu , Chunyu Li , Zhihan Zhu , Anatoly V. Zayats
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