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Recently, there has been substantial interest in realizations of skyrmions, in particular in 2D systems due to increased stability resulting from reduced dimensionality. A stable skyrmion, representing the smallest realizable magnetic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-03-02 Utkan Güngördü , Rabindra Nepal , Oleg A. Tretiakov , Kirill Belashchenko , Alexey A. Kovalev

Magnetic skyrmions, renowned for their fascinating electromagnetic properties, hold potential for next-generation topological spintronic devices. Recent advancements have unveiled a rich tapestry of 3D topological magnetism. Nevertheless,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-12-11 Yaodong Wu , Jialiang Jiang , Weiwei Wang , Lingyao Kong , Shouguo Wang , Mingliang Tian , Haifeng Du , Jin Tang

Skyrmions, as quasiparticles with topological spin textures, has recently garnered great attention for both condensed matter and structured wave communities, promising next-generation large-density robust information technologies. However,…

Magnetic skyrmions are promising candidates for next-generation information carriers, owing to their small size, topological stability, and ultralow depinning current density. A wide variety of skyrmionic device concepts and prototypes have…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2017-02-21 Yangqi Huang , Wang Kang , Xichao Zhang , Yan Zhou , Weisheng Zhao

Symmetry breaking together with strong spin-orbit interaction give rise to many exciting phenomena within condensed matter physics. A recent example is the existence of chiral spin textures, which are observed in magnetic systems lacking…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-09-26 Wanjun Jiang , Gong Chen , Kai Liu , Jiadong Zang , Suzanne G. E. te Velthuis , Axel Hoffmann

Skyrmions--topologically protected nanoscale spin textures with vortex-like configurations--hold transformative potential for ultra-dense data storage, spintronics and quantum computing. However, their practical utility is challenged by…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-03-11 Lei Liu , Xiujuan Zhang , Ming-Hui Lu , Yan-Feng Chen

Recent observations of topological spin textures brought spintronics one step closer to new magnetic memories. Nevertheless, the existence of Skyrmions, as well as their stabilization, require very specific intrinsic magnetic properties…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-04-19 E. A. Stepanov , C. Dutreix , M. I. Katsnelson

Magnetic skyrmions are localized swirls of magnetization with a non-trivial topological winding number. This winding increases their robustness to superparamagnetism and gives rise to a myriad of novel dynamical properties, making them…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-04-29 Richard Brearton , Gerrit van der Laan , Thorsten Hesjedal

Exotic spin textures viz. chiral domain wall, vortices, skyrmion, skyrmionium, etc. have recently emerged as active field of research because of their potential applications in high density data storage technology and logic gate computing.…

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

Magnetic skyrmions are topological quasi particles of great interest for data storage applications because of their small size, high stability, and ease of manipulation via electric current. Theoretically, however, skyrmions are poorly…

Materials Science · Physics 2018-03-20 Felix Büttner , Ivan Lemesh , Geoffrey S. D. Beach

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

Spin textures such as magnetic domain walls and skyrmions have the potential to revolutionize electronic devices by encoding information bits. Although recent advancements in ferromagnetic films have led to promising device prototypes,…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-07-18 Kang Wang , Vineetha Bheemarasetty , Gang Xiao

Since the experimental discovery of magnetic skyrmions achieved one decade ago, there have been significant efforts to bring the virtual particles into all-electrical fully functional devices, inspired by their fascinating physical and…

Magnetic skyrmions are promising candidates as information carriers in logic or storage devices thanks to their robustness, guaranteed by the topological protection, and their nanometric size. Currently, little is known about the influence…

Increasing amounts of information force the continuous improvement of information storage and processing technologies, further device miniaturization, and their efficiency increase. Magnetic skyrmions, topological quasiparticles, and the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-04-13 Mateusz Zelent , Mathieu Moalic , Michal Mruczkiewicz , Xiaoguang Li , Yan Zhou , Maciej Krawczyk

Skyrmion is a topologically protected spin texture excited in magnetic thin films. The radii of skyrmions are typically 10-100 nm. Because of the size, the skyrmion is expected to be a candidate for memory and novel-device usages. To…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-05-12 E. Tamura , C. Liu , S. Miki , J. Cho , M. Goto , H. Nomura , R. Nakatani , Y. Suzuki

Skyrmions are magnetic excitations that are potentially ultrasmall and topologically protected, making them interesting for high-density all-electronic ultrafast storage applications. While recent experiments have confirmed the existence of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-07-19 Yunkun Xie , Jianhua Ma , Hamed Vakilitaleghani , Yaohua Tan , Avik W. Ghosh

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

Skyrmions are topological solitons that emerge in many physical contexts. In magnetism, they appear as textures of the spin-density field stabilized by different competing interactions and characterized by a topological charge that counts…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-01-15 Hector Ochoa , Yaroslav Tserkovnyak