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Skyrmions, originally from condensed matter physics, have been widely explored in various physical systems, including soft matter. A crucial challenge in manipulating topological solitary waves like skyrmions is controlling their flow on…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-06-23 Jiahao Chen , Wentao Tang , Xingzhou Tang , Yang Ding , Jie Ni , Yuxi Chen , Bingxiang Li , Rui Zhang , Juan de Pablo , Yanqing Lu

Magnetic skyrmions have attracted enormous research interest since their discovery a decade ago. The non-trivial real-space topology of these nano-whirls leads to fundamentally interesting and technologically relevant consequences - the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-01-18 Börge Göbel , Ingrid Mertig , Oleg A. Tretiakov

In this paper, we propose a novel free-space optical (FSO) communication system utilizing optical skyrmions. We introduce a scheme referred to as skyrmion number modulation (SkM), which employs index modulation by encoding information onto…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-13 Ryosuke Hara , Satoshi Iwamoto , Shinya Sugiura

We propose a framework to construct a real-space spin model based on the inverse Hamiltonian design. The method provides an efficient way of realizing unconventional topological spin textures by optimizing the interaction parameters. In…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2025-05-01 Kazuki Okigami , Satoru Hayami

Magnetic skyrmions are topologically nontrivial spin textures which hold great promise as stable information carriers in spintronic devices at the nanoscale. One of the major challenges for developing novel skyrmion-based memory and logic…

Magnetic skyrmions are chiral spin textures with a nontrivial topology that offer a potential for future magnetic memory and storage devices. The controlled formation and adjustment of size and density of magnetic skyrmions in Ta/CoFeB/MgO…

Skyrmions are highly stable chiral magnetic spin textures with non-trivial topology. They can act as quasi-particles that can be generated, manipulated and annihilated, and hold promise for future memory and logic devices. As of now,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-12-23 M. G. van der Schans , W. P. M. de Kleijne , M. A. Brozius , B. Koopmans

Magnetic skyrmions are topologically protected quasiparticles and have drawn much attention because of their potential applications in next-generation spintronics devices. Their inherent topological stability, nanoscale size, and efficient…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-02-19 Hind Prakash , Himanshu Fulara

Skyrmions, merons, bimerons, and skyrmionic hopfions are quasiparticles which have stable topological textures. They have been observed across multiple physical domains including nucleons, water waves, magnetic materials, electromagnetic…

Optics · Physics 2025-02-18 Srinivasa Rao Allam , Yuto Yoneda , Takashige Omatsu

Photonic computing offers a low-power, high-bandwidth paradigm for information processing; however, the analogue nature of conventional architectures means that intrinsic noise and fabrication imperfections greatly impact performance,…

Topological spin configurations, such as soliton-like spin texture and Dirac electron assemblies, have emerged in recent years in both fundamental science and technological applications. Achieving stable topological spin textures at…

Polar topological textures in low-dimensional ferroelectrics have emerged as a versatile platform for high-density information storage and neuromorphic computing. While low-order topological states, such as vortices and skyrmions, have been…

Materials Science · Physics 2026-01-12 Kefan Liu , Yuhui Huang , Xiangwei Guo , Yongjun Wu , Juan Li , Zijian Hong

The creation and manipulation of photonic skyrmions provide a novel degree of freedom for light-matter interactions, optical communication and nanometrology. Since the localized vortex within skyrmions arises from the twist and curl of the…

The development of vector optical fields has brought forth numerous applications. Among these optical fields, a particular class of vector vortex beams has emerged, leading to the emergence of intriguing optical skyrmion fields…

Optics · Physics 2024-10-10 Liwen Wang , Sheng Liu , Geng Chen , Yongsheng Zhang , Chuanfeng Li , Guangcan Guo

Magnetic skyrmions are stable topological solitons with complex non-coplanar spin structures. Their nanoscopic size and the low electric currents required to initiate and control their motion has opened a new field of research, skyrmionics,…

Transition-metal interfaces and multilayers are a very promising class of systems to realize nanometer-sized, stable magnetic skyrmions for future spintronic devices. For room temperature applications it is crucial to understand the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-10-28 Souvik Paul , Soumyajyoti Haldar , Stephan von Malottki , Stefan Heinze

Skyrmions are topological quasi-particles characterised by local spin textures, which are considered to be robust against structural deformation. N\'eel and Bloch states are famous examples of skyrmions, which exhibit radical and chiral…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-03-20 Shinichi Saito

Skyrmions and antiskyrmions are nanoscale swirling textures of magnetic moments formed by chiral interactions between atomic spins in magnetic non-centrosymmetric materials and multilayer films with broken inversion symmetry. These…

Improvements in computing performance have significantly slowed down over the past few years owing to the intrinsic limitations of computing hardware. However, the demand for data computing has increased exponentially. To solve this…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-04-22 Sai Li , Wang Kang , Xichao Zhang , Tianxiao Nie , Yan Zhou , Kang L. Wang , Weisheng Zhao

Three-dimensional (3D) topological states resemble truly localised, particle-like objects in physical space. Among the richest such structures are 3D skyrmions and hopfions that realise integer topological numbers in their configuration via…