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In magnetism, skyrmions correspond to classical three-dimensional spin textures characterized by a topological invariant that keeps track of the winding of the magnetization in real space, a property that cannot be easily generalized to the…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2022-01-04 O. M. Sotnikov , V. V. Mazurenko , J. Colbois , F. Mila , M. I. Katsnelson , E. A. Stepanov

We demonstrate that the Magnus force acting on magnetic skyrmions can be efficiently tuned via modulation of the spin-orbit interaction strength. We show that the skyrmion Hall effect, which is a direct consequence of the non-vanishing…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-11-20 C. A. Akosa , H. Li , G. Tatara , O. A. Tretiakov

We introduce a model to study magnon scattering in skyrmion crystals, sandwiched between ferromagnets which act as the source of magnons. Skyrmions are topological objects while skyrmion crystals break internal and translational symmetries,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-04-12 Nilotpal Chakraborty , Roderich Moessner , Benoit Doucot

Developed half a century ago, Thiele's equation has played a crucial role in describing the motion of magnetic textures, ranging from simple magnetic domains to exotic magnetic solitons like skyrmions and hopfions. However, it remains a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-10-28 Huanhuan Yang , Lingling Song , Yunshan Cao , Peng Yan

We introduce topological skyrmion semimetal phases of matter, characterized by bulk electronic structures with topological defects in ground state observable textures over the Brillouin zone (BZ), rather than topological degeneracies in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-11-28 Shu-Wei Liu , Joe H. Winter , A. M. Cook

The intrinsic spin Hall effect (SHE) originates from the topology of the Bloch bands in momentum space. The duality between real space and momentum space calls for a spin Hall effect induced from a real space topology in analogy to the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-04-09 Gen Yin , Yizhou Liu , Yafis Barlas , Jiadong Zang , Roger K. Lake

We discuss in details the electron scattering pattern on skyrmion-like magnetic textures in two-dimensional geometry. The special attention is focused on analyzing the scattering asymmetry, which is a precursor of the topological Hall…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-08-26 K. S. Denisov

We study the dynamics of skyrmions in Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya materials with easy-axis anisotropy. An important link between topology and dynamics is established through the construction of unambiguous conservation laws obtained earlier in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-08-12 Stavros Komineas , Nikos Papanicolaou

Skyrmions with topologically stable configurations have shown a promising route toward magnetic and photonic materials for information processing due to their defect-immune and low-driven energy. However, the practical application of…

Applied Physics · Physics 2022-09-27 Liyun Cao , Sheng Wan , Yi Zeng , Yifan Zhu , Badreddine Assouar

Valley-Hall phases, first proposed in two-dimensional (2D) materials, originate from nontrivial topologies around valleys which denote local extrema in momentum space. Since they are extended into classical systems, their designs draw…

We show that ultracold fermions in an artificial magnetic field open up a new window to the physics of the spinful fractional quantum Hall effect. We numerically study the lowest energy states of strongly interacting few-fermion systems in…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2020-08-19 Lukas Palm , Fabian Grusdt , Philipp M. Preiss

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…

Domain-wall skyrmions are magnetic solitons embedded in a domain wall that are topologically equivalent to skyrmions. Here, we theoretically study antiferromagnetic domain-wall skyrmions and their current-driven motion within the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-08-14 Wooyon Kim , Jun Seok Seo , Se Kwon Kim

Skyrmions are topologically stable quasiparticles that have been predicted and demonstrated in quantum fields, solid-state physics, and magnetic materials, but only recently observed in electromagnetic fields, triggering fast expanding…

Optics · Physics 2024-01-05 Yijie Shen , Qiang Zhang , Peng Shi , Luping Du , Xiaocong Yuan , Anatoly V. Zayats

Magnetic skyrmion is a promising building block for developing information storage and computing devices. It can be stabilized in a ferromagnetic thin film with the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI). The moving ferromagnetic skyrmion…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-01-15 Jing Xia , Xichao Zhang , Motohiko Ezawa , Qiming Shao , Xiaoxi Liu , Yan Zhou

The interplay between dimensionality and topology manifests in magnetism via both exotic texture morphology and novel dynamics. A free magnetic skyrmion exhibits the skyrmion Hall effect under electric currents. Once it is confined in…

We study the collective dynamics of the Skyrmion crystal (SkX) in thin films of ferromagnetic metals resulting from the nontrivial Skyrmion topology. We show that the current-driven motion of the crystal reduces the topological Hall effect…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-27 Jiadong Zang , Maxim Mostovoy , Jung Hoon Han , Naoto Nagaosa

The energy spectra of transition metal dichalcogenides are primarily influenced by the and orbitals. This results in a three-band model characterized by strong spin-orbit interaction. Investigating these bands using a projection into a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-11-22 Phusit Nualpijit , Kitakorn Jatiyanon , Bumned Soodchomshom

The observation of skyrmions across diverse physical domains suggests that they are universal features of S$^{2}$-valued fields, reflecting the ubiquity of topology in the study of the natural world. In this paper, we develop an abstract…

The low energy charged excitations in quantum Hall ferromagnets are topological defects in the spin orientation known as skyrmions. Recent experimental studies on nuclear magnetic resonance spectral line shapes in quantum well…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 Jairo Sinova , S. M. Girvin , T. Jungwirth , K. Moon