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Generation and propagation of optical skyrmions provide a versatile plalform for topologically nontrivial optical informatics and light-matter interactions, but their acceleration along curved trajectories is to be studied. In this study,…

Optics · Physics 2025-01-10 Haijun Wu , Weijie Zhou , Zhihan Zhu , Yijie Shen

Magnetic skyrmions are chiral spin structures with non-trivial topology that comprise two-dimensional quasi-particles and are promising information carriers for data storage and processing devices. Skyrmion lattices in magnetic thin films…

Skyrmion devices show energy efficient and high integration data storage and computing capabilities. Herein, we present the results of experimental and micromagnetic investigations of the creation and stability of magnetic skyrmions in the…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-02-06 Aijaz H. Lone , Arnab Ganguly , Hanrui Li , Nazek El- Atab , Gobind Das , H. Fariborzi

Being ubiquitous, solitons have particle-like properties, exhibiting behaviour often associated with atoms. Bound solitons emulate dynamics of molecules, though solitonic analogues of polymeric materials have not been considered yet. Here…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2023-08-16 Hanqing Zhao , Boris A. Malomed , Ivan I. Smalyukh

Magnetic skyrmion is a topologically stable particle-like swirling spin texture potentially suitable for high-density information bit, which was first observed in noncentrosymmetric magnets with Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction. Recently,…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-02-01 N. D. Khanh , T. Nakajima , S. Hayami , S. Gao , Y. Yamasaki , H. Sagayama , H. Nakao , R. Takagi , Y. Motome , Y. Tokura , T. Arima , S. Seki

We investigate the role of four-spin interactions in stabilizing exotic multiple-$Q$ topological spin textures and demonstrate their ability to realize a skyrmion crystal. While such higher-order interactions are known to be important,…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-03-17 Kazuki Okigami , Satoru Hayami

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

Magnetic skyrmions can be considered as topologically protected localized vortex-like spin textures. Due to their stability, their small size, and the possibility to move them by low electric currents they are promising candidates for…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-07-05 Martin Stier , Wolfgang Häusler , Thore Posske , Gregor Gurski , Michael Thorwart

The Skyrmion number of paraxial optical Skyrmions can be defined solely via their polarization singularities and associated winding numbers, using a mathematical derivation that exploits Stokes's theorem. It is demonstrated that this…

Magnetic skyrmions are mesmerizing spin textures with peculiar topological and dynamical properties, typically the product of competing interactions in ferromagnets, and with great technological potential [1-5]. Researchers have long…

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

The decline of Moore's law coupled with the rise of artificial intelligence has recently motivated research into photonic computing as a high-bandwidth, low-power strategy to accelerate digital electronics. However, many modern-day photonic…

Optics · Physics 2025-10-28 An Aloysius Wang , Yifei Ma , Yunqi Zhang , Zimo Zhao , Yuxi Cai , Xuke Qiu , Bowei Dong , Chao He

Magnetic skyrmions are localized nanometer-sized spin configurations with particle_like properties, which are envisioned to be used as bits in next_generation information technology. An essential step towards future skyrmion-based…

Magnetic skyrmions are promising candidates as information carriers in a new generation of memories. How to generate and stabilize skyrmions is essential for their successful application to technology. Here we theoretically demonstrate that…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-10-28 Nuria Del-Valle , Sebastia Agramunt-Puig , Carles Navau , Alvaro Sanchez

Topological magnetic textures - like skyrmions - have become a major player in the design of next-generation magnetic storage technology due to their stability and the control of their motion by ultra-low current densities. A major…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2017-09-26 Karin Everschor-Sitte , Matthias Sitte , Thierry Valet , Ar. Abanov , Jairo Sinova

Topologically stable field configurations appear in many fields of physics, from elementary particles to condensed matter and cosmology. During the last decade, chiral liquid crystals and chiral magnets took on the role of model objects for…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2021-08-25 Andrey O. Leonov , Catherine Pappas , Ivan I. Smalyukh

Polarization of light can form skyrmionic textures, akin to nonlinear solitons in condensed matter, yet their disparate physical context has motivated extensive debate regarding their stability. Here we show that the topological charge of…

Optics · Physics 2026-04-16 Nilo Mata-Cervera , Zhenyu Guo , Yijie Shen

Chiral magnets are an emerging class of topological matter harbouring localized and topologically protected vortex-like magnetic textures called skyrmions, which are currently under intense scrutiny as a new entity for information storage…

Magnetic skyrmions are topologically protected spin swirling vertices, which are promising in device applications due to their particle-like nature and excellent controlability. Magnetic skyrmions have been extensively studied in a variety…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-09-10 Fawei Zheng

Skyrmions are topological structures characterized by a winding vectorial configuration that provides a quantized topological charge. In magnetic materials, skyrmions are localized spin textures that exhibit unique stability and mobility…

Optics · Physics 2024-02-28 Xingyu Yang , Ye Mou , Bruno Gallas , Sébastien Bidault , Mathieu Mivelle