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Here we consider an interplay between the topology of the magnetization texture (which is a topological soliton, or Skyrmion) in a planar magnetic nano-element and the topology of the element itself (its connectivity). We establish the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-01-11 Andrei B. Bogatyrëv , Konstantin L. Metlov

Topologically secure spin configurations, such as skyrmions and bimerons, offer a compelling alternative to conventional magnetic domains, potentially enabling high-density, low-power spintronic devices. These pseudo-particles,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-11-14 Martín Latorre , Joaquín Barra , Juan Pablo Vera , Joaquín Martinez , Mario Castro , Sebastián Allende , Alvaro S. Nunez

Magnonics is now an attractive field which focuses on the dynamic characteristics of magnons, a kind of quasiparticles in magnetic media, and attempt to apply magnons for functional devices. In order to construct magnon based devices, it is…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2021-09-14 Zhendong Chen , Fusheng Ma

Magnetic skyrmions are key candidates for novel memory, logic, and neuromorphic computing. An essential property is their topological protection caused by the whirling spin texture as described by a robust integer winding number. However,…

The studies of topological insulators and topological semimetals have been at frontiers of condensed matter physics and material science. Both classes of materials are characterized by robust surface states created by the topology of the…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-09-10 Wei Ning , Zhiqiang Mao

Magnetic topological semimetals (TSMs) are topological quantum materials with broken time-reversal symmetry (TRS) and isolated nodal points or lines near the Fermi level. Their topological properties would typically reveal from the…

Materials Science · Physics 2019-10-08 Jinyu Zou , Zhuoran He , Gang Xu

Magnetic skyrmion, i.e. a topologically stable swirling spin texture, appears as a particle-like object in the two-dimensional (2D) systems, and has recently attracted attention as a candidate of novel information carrier. In the real…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2022-02-16 S. Seki , M. Suzuki , M. Ishibashi , R. Takagi , N. D. Khanh , Y. Shiota , W. Koshibae , Y. Tokura , T. Ono

Antiferromagnetic materials could represent the future of spintronic applications thanks to the numerous interesting features they combine: they are robust against perturbation due to magnetic fields, produce no stray fields, display…

Materials Science · Physics 2018-02-20 V. Baltz , A. Manchon , M. Tsoi , T. Moriyama , T. Ono , Y. Tserkovnyak

Skyrmions, topologically protected vortex-like nanometric spin textures in magnets, have been attracting increasing attention for emergent electromagnetic responses and possible technological applications for spintronics. In particular,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-07-03 Y. Tokunaga , X. Z. Yu , J. S. White , H. M. Rønnow , D. Morikawa , Y. Taguchi , Y. Tokura

Magnetic skyrmions are topologically wound nanoscale textures of spins whose ambient stability and electrical manipulation in multilayer films have led to an explosion of research activities. While past efforts focused predominantly on…

Skyrmions are vortex-like textures of magnetic moments found in some magnetically ordered materials. Here we describe the origin of the skyrmion and discuss the experimental realization of skyrmions in magnetic materials, the dynamic…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2022-02-23 Tom Lancaster

Structured light fields, featuring unique topological properties and high tunability, have opened new frontiers in light-matter interactions with magnetic systems. However, the ultrafast and reconfigurable optical encoding of various types…

Optics · Physics 2026-02-02 Zhang Qifan , Yu Wangke , Nie Zhongquan , Shen Yijie , Lin Shirong

Magnetic skyrmion bags, as high-order topological swirling spin textures, offer rich fundamental physics and distinct advantages for spintronic applications; however, their realization remains a formidable challenge, especially in…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-02-25 Junhuang Yang , Kaiying Dou , Ying Dai , Baibiao Huang , Yandong Ma

Magnetic skyrmions are chiral spin textures with a nontrivial topology that offer a potential for future magnetic memory and storage devices. The controlled formation and adjustment of size and density of magnetic skyrmions in Ta/CoFeB/MgO…

Magnetic skyrmions are topologically protected chiral spin textures which present opportunities for next-generation magnetic data storage and logic information technologies. The topology of these structures originates in the geometric…

Magnetic skyrmion crystals are traditionally associated with non-centrosymmetric crystal structures; however, it has been demonstrated that skyrmion crystals can be stabilized by competing interactions in centrosymmetric crystals. To…

Topological swirling spin textures, such as skyrmions and merons, have recently attracted much attention as a unique building block for high-density magnetic information devices. The controlled transformation among different types of such…

Materials Science · Physics 2024-04-05 H. Yoshimochi , R. Takagi , J. Ju , N. D. Khanh , H. Saito , H. Sagayama , H. Nakao , S. Itoh , Y. Tokura , T. Arima , S. Hayami , T. Nakajima , S. Seki

Skyrmionic devices exhibit energy-efficient and high-integration data storage and computing capabilities due to their small size, topological protection, and low drive current requirements. So, to realize these devices, an extensive study,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-09-08 Kishan K. Mishra , Aijaz H. Lone , Srikant Srinivasan , Hossein Fariborzi , Gianluca Setti

The realization of chiral spin textures - comprising myriad distinct, nanoscale arrangements of spins with topological properties - has established pathways for engineering robust, energy-efficient and scalable elements for non-volatile…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-10-31 M. S. Nicholas Tey , Xiaoye Chen , Anjan Soumyanarayanan , Pin Ho

Magnetic skyrmions are two-dimensional non-collinear spin textures characterised by an integer topological number. They commonly crystallise at low temperatures in bulk noncentrosymmetric ferromagnets where the lack of inversion symmetry…