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Magnetic skyrmions are topological spin textures that appear in magnets with broken spatial inversion symmetry via competition between the (anti)ferromagnetic exchange interactions and the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interactions in a magnetic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-02-14 Yuto Ohki , Masahito Mochizuki

Topological defects play a key role in a variety of physical systems, ranging from high-energy to solid state physics. They yield fascinating emergent phenomena and serve as a bridge between the microspic and macroscopic world. A skyrmion…

Optics · Physics 2018-09-26 S. Tsesses , E. Ostrovsky , K. Cohen , B. Gjonaj , N. Lindner , G. Bartal

Magnetic Skyrmions belong to the most interesting spin structures for the development of future information technology as they have been predicted to be topologically protected. To quantify their stability, we use an innovative multiscale…

Materials Science · Physics 2017-07-19 Andrea De Lucia , Kai Litzius , Benjamin Krüger , Oleg A. Tretiakov , Mathias Kläui

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

The competition between external drives and interparticle interactions are important for the static and dynamic properties of topological quasiparticles in confined geometries. Here, we study the dynamics of particlelike skyrmions under a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-05-04 Xichao Zhang , Jing Xia , Xiaoxi Liu

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

Skyrmions are topologically protected entities in magnetic materials which have the potential to be used in spintronics for information storage and processing. However, Skyrmions in ferromagnets have some intrinsic difficulties which must…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-04-11 Joseph Barker , Oleg A. Tretiakov

Skyrmions are topological structures defined by a winding vector configuration that yields a quantized topological charge. In magnetic materials, skyrmions manifest as stable, mobile spin textures, positioning them at the forefront of…

A quantum description is given of nanoskyrmions in 2D textures with localised spins and itinerant electrons, isolated or coupled to leads, in or out-of-equilibrium. The spin-electron exchange is treated at the mean-field level, while Tensor…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-07-15 Zhen Zhao , Emil Östberg , Ferdi Aryasetiawan , Claudio Verdozzi

Topological spin textures such as magnetic skyrmions hold considerable promise as robust, nanometre-scale, mobile bits for sustainable computing. A longstanding roadblock to unleashing their potential is the absence of a device enabling…

We investigate the propagation of magnetic skyrmions on elastically deformable geometries by employing imaginary time quantum field theory methods. We demonstrate that the Euclidean action of the problem carries information of the elements…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-09-15 Alexander Pavlis , Christina Psaroudaki

We carry out a throughout study of the topological Hall and topological spin Hall effects in disordered skyrmionic systems: the dimensionless (spin) Hall angles are evaluated across the energy band structure in the multiprobe…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-03-01 P. B. N'diaye , C. A. Akosa , A. Manchon

Topologically non-trivial spin textures, such as skyrmions and dislocations, display emergent electrodynamics and can be moved by spin currents over macroscopic distances. These unique properties and their nanoscale size make them excellent…

Magnetic skyrmions, which are topological particle-like excitations in ferromagnets, have attracted a lot of attention recently. Skyrmionics is an attempt to use magnetic skyrmions as information carriers in next generation spintronic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-03-26 Xichao Zhang , Motohiko Ezawa , Yan Zhou

Magnetic skyrmions are topologically stable objects that are made with a bunch of spins tightly arranged in a smooth fashion. Their topological nature provides unusual and complex transport properties, such as the skyrmion Hall effect.…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-01-19 Bom Soo Kim

Several challenges in designing an operational Skyrmion racetrack memory are well-known. Among those challenges, a few contradictions can be identified if researchers were to rely only on metallic materials. Hence, expanding the exploration…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-10-27 Z. S. Lim , A. Ariando

The physics of skyrmions, and in particular the issue of how to isolate and manipulate them individually, is a subject of major importance nowadays in the community of magnetism. In this article we present an in-depth extension of a study…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2024-02-29 F. A. Gómez Albarracín , H. D. Rosales , Masafumi Udagawa , P. Pujol , Ludovic D. C. Jaubert

Magnetic skyrmions, the topological states possessing chiral magnetic structure with nontrivial topology, have been widely investigated as a promising candidate for spintronic devices. They can also couple with superconducting vortices to…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-10-22 Yong-Jie Xie , Ang Qian , Bin He , Yu-Biao Wu , Sheng Wang , Bing Xu , Guoqiang Yu , Xiufeng Han , X. G. Qiu

The ability to control matter at the atomic scale has revolutionized our understanding of the physical world, opening doors to unprecedented technological advancements. Quantum technology, which harnesses the unique principles of quantum…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-12-03 Amal Aldarawsheh , Samir Lounis

A skyrmion is a topological texture in the continuum field theory. Recent experimental observation of skyrmions in chiral magnet evokes a flourish of its extensive study. Skyrmion is expected to be a key component of the next generation…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2014-08-15 Yan Zhou , Motohiko Ezawa