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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

Magnetic skyrmions are topologically protected spin textures that exhibit many fascinating features. As compared to the well-studied cryogenic Bloch skyrmions in bulk materials, we focus on the room-temperature N\'eel skyrmions in thin-film…

Multiple-$Q$ states as represented by a magnetic skyrmion crystal and hedgehog crystal have been extensively studied in recent years owing to their unconventional physical properties. The materials hosting multiple-$Q$ states have been so…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2024-12-06 Satoru Hayami , Ryota Yambe

When two magnetic skyrmions - whirl-like, topologically protected quasiparticles - form a bound pair, a biskyrmion state with a topological charge of $N_\mathrm{Sk}=\pm 2$ is constituted. Recently, especially the case of two partially…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2019-07-03 Börge Göbel , Jürgen Henk , Ingrid Mertig

A magnetic Skyrmion is a stable two-dimensional nanoparticle describing a localized winding of the magnetization in certain magnetic materials. Skyrmions are the subject of intense experimental and theoretical investigation and have…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-08-02 Paul Sutcliffe

We numerically examine the dynamics of individually dragged skyrmions interacting simultaneously with an array of other skyrmions and quenched disorder. For drives just above depinning, we observe a broad band noise signal with a $1/f$…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-04-23 C. J. O. Reichhardt , C. Reichhardt

We consider helical rotation of skyrmions confined in the potentials formed by nano-disks. Based on numerical and analytical calculations we propose the skyrmion echo phenomenon. The physical mechanism of the skyrmion echo formation is also…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2022-10-05 X. -G. Wang , Guang-hua Guo , A. Dyrdał , J. Barnaś , V. K. Dugaev , S. S. P. Parkin , A. Ernst , L. Chotorlishvili

Using particle-based simulations, we examine the collective dynamics of skyrmions interacting with periodic pinning arrays, focusing on the impact of the Magnus force on the sliding phases. As a function of increasing pinning strength, we…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-10-17 C. Reichhardt , D. Ray , C. J. O. Reichhardt

Magnetic skyrmions have the potential to provide solutions for low-power, high-density data storage and processing. One of the major challenges in developing skyrmion-based devices is the skyrmions' magnetic stability in confined…

The fabrication of a skyrmion circuit which stabilizes skyrmions is important to realize micro- to nano-sized skyrmion devices. One example of promising skyrmion-based device is Brownian computers, which have been theoretically proposed,…

Topological spin textures can serve as non-volatile information carriers. Here we study the current-induced dynamics of an isolated magnetic skyrmion on a nanoscale square-grid pinning pattern formed by orthogonal defect lines with reduced…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-12-06 Xichao Zhang , Jing Xia , Keiichiro Shirai , Hiroshi Fujiwara , Oleg A. Tretiakov , Motohiko Ezawa , Yan Zhou , Xiaoxi Liu

Magnetic skyrmions are promising for building next-generation magnetic memories and spintronic devices due to their stability, small size and the extremely low currents needed to move them. In particular, skyrmion-based racetrack memory is…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-01-14 Xichao Zhang , G. P. Zhao , Hans Fangohr , J. Ping Liu , W. X. Xia , J. Xia , F. J. Morvan

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

In a broad range of applied magnetic fields and material parameters isolated magnetic skyrmions condense into skyrmion lattices. While the geometry of isolated skyrmions and their lattice counterparts strongly depend on field and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-01-20 A. Siemens , Y. Zhang , J. Hagemeister , E. Y. Vedmedenko , R. Wiesendanger

Magnetic skyrmions are topologically stable spin swirling particle like entities which are appealing for next generation spintronic devices. The expected low critical current density for the motion of skyrmions makes them potential…

The emergence of a topologically nontrivial vortex-like magnetic structure, the magnetic skyrmion, has launched new concepts for memory devices. There, extensive studies have theoretically demonstrated the ability to encode information bits…

Magnetic skyrmion motion induced by an electric current has drawn much interest because of its application potential in next-generation magnetic memory devices. Recently, unidirectional skyrmion motion driven by an oscillating magnetic…

To enable the practical use of skyrmion-based devices, it is essential to achieve a balance between energy efficiency and thermal stability, while also ensuring reliable electrical detection against noise. Understanding how a skyrmion…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-08-21 Kang Wang , Yiou Zhang , Vineetha Bheemarasetty , See-Chen Ying , Gang Xiao

Recent progress in all-electrical nucleation, detection and manipulation of magnetic skyrmions has unlocked the tremendous potential of skyrmion-based spintronic devices. Here, we show via micromagnetic simulations that the stable magnetic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-05-22 Venkata Pavan Kumar Miriyala , Zhifeng Zhu , Gengchiau Liang , Xuanyao Fong

We investigate a simple tight-binding Hamiltonian to understand the stability of spin-polarized transport of states with an arbitrary spin content in the presence of disorder. The general spin state is made to pass through a linear chain of…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2019-04-12 Leonardo Benini , Amrita Mukherjee , Arunava Chakrabarti , Rudolf A. Roemer