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Magnetic skyrmions are nanoscale whirls of magnetism that can be propagated with electrical currents. The repulsion between skyrmions inspires their use for reversible computing based on the elastic billiard ball collisions proposed for…

A large spectrum of problems in classical physics and engineering, such as turbulence, is governed by nonlinear differential equations, which typically require high-performance computing to be solved. Over the past decade, however, the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-06-10 Felix Tennie , Sylvain Laizet , Seth Lloyd , Luca Magri

A stable skyrmion, representing the smallest realizable magnetic texture, could be an ideal element for ultra-dense magnetic memories. Here, we review recent progress in the field of skyrmionics, which is concerned with studies of tiny…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-10-01 Alexey A. Kovalev , Shane Sandhoefner

Magnetic skyrmions are topologically-protected spin textures with attractive properties suitable for high-density and low-power spintronic device applications. Much effort has been dedicated to understanding the dynamical behaviours of the…

Topological textures in magnetic and electric materials are considered to be promising candidates for next-generation information technology and unconventional computing. Here, we discuss how the physical properties of topological nanoscale…

Applied Physics · Physics 2023-11-21 Karin Everschor-Sitte , Atreya Majumdar , Katharina Wolk , Dennis Meier

A disturbance in the local magnetic order of a solid body can propagate across a material just like a wave. This wave is named spin wave, and its quanta are known as magnons. Recently, physicists proposed the usage of magnons to carry and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-01-28 A. V. Chumak

Neuromorphic computing using spin waves is promising for high-speed nanoscale devices, but the realization of high performance has not yet been achieved. Here we show, using micromagnetic simulations and simplified theory with response…

Applied Physics · Physics 2023-01-06 Satoshi Iihama , Yuya Koike , Shigemi Mizukami , Natsuhiko Yoshinaga

The search for new computational machines beyond the traditional von Neumann architecture has given rise to a modern area of nonlinear science -- development of unconventional computing -- requiring the efforts of mathematicians, physicists…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2019-12-30 Kirill P. Kalinin , Natalia G. Berloff

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,…

Although the brain has long been considered a potential inspiration for future computing, Moore's Law - the scaling property that has seen revolutions in technologies ranging from supercomputers to smart phones - has largely been driven by…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2017-07-14 James B. Aimone

Technological growth in the electronics industry has historically been measured by the number of transistors that can be crammed onto a single microchip. Unfortunately, all good things must come to an end; spectacular growth in the number…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Veronica Cerletti , W. A. Coish , Oliver Gywat , Daniel Loss

Nuclear magnetic resonance is arguably both the best available quantum technology for implementing simple quantum computing experiments and the worst technology for building large scale quantum computers that has ever been seriously put…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-06-18 Jonathan A. Jones

Skyrmions have been proposed as new information carriers in racetrack memory devices. To realise such devices, a small size; high speed of propagation; and minimal skyrmion Hall angle are required. Synthetic antiferromagnets (SAFs) present…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-08-01 Christopher E. A. Barker , Charles Parton-Barr , Christopher H. Marrows , Olga Kazakova , Craig Barton

Magnetic skyrmions are topologically protected spin textures known for their robustness against perturbations. Their topological stability makes them robust information carriers, ideal for tackling a key challenge in quantum computing:…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-19 Haowen Yang , Gerald Bissell , Han Zhong , Peter Van Kirk , Tiger Cao , Pengcheng Lu , Yingying Wu

The notion of non-trivial topological winding in condensed matter systems represents a major area of present-day theoretical and experimental research. Magnetic materials offer a versatile platform that is particularly amenable for the…

Reservoir Computing is a type of recursive neural network commonly used for recognizing and predicting spatio-temporal events relying on a complex hierarchy of nested feedback loops to generate a memory functionality. The Reservoir…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-02-05 George Bourianoff , Daniele Pinna , Matthias Sitte , Karin Everschor-Sitte

Magnetic skyrmion, a swirling spin texture, in chiral magnets is characterized by (i) nano-scale size ($\sim$1nm -- 100nm), (ii) topological stability, and (iii) gyro-dynamics. These features are shown to be advantageous for (a)…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-23 W. Koshibae , Y. Kaneko , J. Iwasaki , M. Kawasaki , Y. Tokura , N. Nagaosa

Skyrmions are chiral swirling magnetization structures with nanoscale size. These structures have attracted considerable attention due to their topological stability and promising applicability in nanodevices, since they can be displaced…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-02-19 Swapneel Amit Pathak , Riccardo Hertel

Advances in artificial intelligence are driven by technologies inspired by the brain, but these technologies are orders of magnitude less powerful and energy efficient than biological systems. Inspired by the nonlinear dynamics of neural…

Skyrmions are topologically stable quasiparticles that have been predicted and demonstrated in quantum fields, solid-state physics, and magnetic materials, but only recently observed in electromagnetic fields, triggering fast expanding…

Optics · Physics 2024-01-05 Yijie Shen , Qiang Zhang , Peng Shi , Luping Du , Xiaocong Yuan , Anatoly V. Zayats