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In this paper we establish a connection between the bulk topological structure and the magnetic properties of drumhead surface states of nodal loop semimetals. We identify the magnetic characteristics of the surface states and compute the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-03-20 Assem Alassaf , János Koltai , László Oroszlány

Noncollinear spin textures in ferromagnetic ultrathin films are currently the subject of renewed interest since the discovery of the interfacial Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI). This antisymmetric exchange interaction selects a…

The Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI), which is the antisymmetric part of the exchange interaction between neighboring local spins, winds the spin manifold and can stabilize non-trivial topological spin textures. Since topology is a…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-12-30 Bradley J. Fugetta , Zhijie Chen , Dhritiman Bhattacharya , Kun Yue , Kai Liu , Amy Y. Liu , Gen Yin

We unveil novel spin textures in an itinerant fermion model on a frustrated triangular lattice in the limit of low electronic density. Using hybrid Monte Carlo simulations on finite clusters we identify two type of nanoscale spin textures…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2016-05-04 Sahinur Reja , Jeroen van den Brink , Sanjeev Kumar

We present a unified framework to systematically embed complex knotted and linked structures, beyond the torus family, into diverse topological phases, including Hopf insulators, classical spin liquids, topological semimetals, and…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-03-27 Snigdh Sabharwal

Spin inertia has been demonstrated to give rise to high-frequency nutational excitations beyond the conventional low-frequency precessional modes. Here, we demonstrate that the hybridization between precessional and nutational magnons may…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-04-01 Subhadip Ghosh , Mikhail Cherkasskii , Ritwik Mondal , Alexander Mook , Levente Rózsa

Resonant parametric modulation is a major tool of studying magnetic systems. For a spin-1/2 chain in a strong magnetic field, the resulting excitations can be mapped on fermionic excitations in the Kitaev chain. We show that the response to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2026-05-20 Mahmoud T. Elewa , M. I. Dykman

The interplay of magnetic interactions in chiral multilayer films gives rise to nanoscale topological spin textures, which form attractive elements for next-generation computing. Quantifying these interactions requires several specialized,…

Topological insulators represent a new quantum state of matter that are insulating in the bulk but metallic on the edge or surface. In the Dirac surface state, it is well-established that the electron spin is locked with the crystal…

Chiral magnetic textures are key for the development of modern spintronic devices. In multilayered thin films, these are typically stabilized via the interfacial intralayer Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI). Additionally, it has been…

Coupling of the spin and orbital degrees of freedom on the surface of a strong three-dimensional insulator, on the one hand, and textured magnetic configuration in an adjacent ferromagnetic film, on the other, is studied using a combination…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-06-23 Yaroslav Tserkovnyak , D. A. Pesin , Daniel Loss

Current-driven dynamics of spin textures plays a pivotal role in potential applications for electronic devices. While two-dimensional magnetic skyrmions with topologically nontrivial spin textures have garnered significant interest, their…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-04-25 Kotaro Shimizu , Shun Okumura , Yasuyuki Kato , Yukitoshi Motome

Topological spin textures, such as a skyrmion crystal, are a source of unusual physical phenomena owing to the interplay between magnetism and topology. Since physical phenomena depend on the topological property and the symmetry of…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-02-01 Ryota Yambe , Satoru Hayami

One of the most important properties of topological insulators (TIs) is the helical spin texture of the Dirac surface states, which has been theoretically and experimentally argued to be left-handed helical above the Dirac point and right…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2012-11-27 Y. Cao , J. A. Waugh , N. C. Plumb , T. J. Reber , S. Parham , G. Landolt , Z. Xu , A. Yang , J. Schneeloch , G. Gu , J. H. Dil , D. S. Dessau

We consider a magnetic skyrmion crystal formed at the surface of a topological insulator. Incorporating the exchange interaction between the helical Dirac surface states and the periodic N\'eel or Bloch skyrmion texture, we obtain the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-02-15 Stefan Divic , Henry Ling , T. Pereg-Barnea , Arun Paramekanti

A key feature of topological insulators is the robustness of the electron energy spectrum. At a surface of a topological insulator, Dirac point is protected by the characteristic symmetry of the system. The breaking of the symmetry opens a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-12-21 S. Stagraczynski , L. Chotorlishvili , V. K. Dugaev , C. -L. Jia , A. Ernst , A. Komnik , J. Berakdar

We investigate theoretically the spin torque and magnetization dynamic in a thin ferromagnetic (FM) layer with spatially varying magnetization. The FM layer is deposited on the surface of a topological insulator (TI). In the limit of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-03-29 Ji Chen , Mansoor Bin Abdul Jalil , Seng Ghee Tan

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

Three-dimensional magnetic nanostructures are an emerging platform capable of creating complex topological magnetic fields. The control of localized nanoscale magnetic fields is seen to be of importance for diverse areas from…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-10-31 John Fullerton , Charudatta Phatak

We develop a theoretical framework for inertial spin-wave dynamics in three-dimensional twisted soft-magnetic nanostrips, where curvature and torsion couple with magnetic inertia to generate terahertz (THz) magnetic oscillations. The…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-12-18 Massimiliano d'Aquino , Riccardo Hertel