Topological effects in nanomagnetism: from superparamagnetism to chiral quantum solitons

HB Braun - Advances in Physics, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Micromagnetics has been the method of choice to interpret experimental data in the area of
microscopic magnetism for several decades. In this article, we show how progress has been …

Laser-induced magnetization dynamics and reversal in ferrimagnetic alloys

A Kirilyuk, AV Kimel, T Rasing - Reports on progress in physics, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
This review discusses the recent studies of magnetization dynamics and the role of angular
momentum in thin films of ferrimagnetic rare-earth–transition metal (RE–TM) alloys, eg …

Three-dimensional magnetization structures revealed with X-ray vector nanotomography

C Donnelly, M Guizar-Sicairos, V Scagnoli, S Gliga… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
In soft ferromagnetic materials, the smoothly varying magnetization leads to the formation of
fundamental patterns such as domains, vortices and domain walls. These have been …

Controlled transformation of skyrmions and antiskyrmions in a non-centrosymmetric magnet

L Peng, R Takagi, W Koshibae, K Shibata… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Control of topological spin textures in magnetic systems may enable future spintronic
applications. Magnetic field pulses can switch the vortex polarity or the winding number of …

Electric-field switching of magnetic topological charge in type-I multiferroics

C Xu, P Chen, H Tan, Y Yang, H **ang, L Bellaiche - Physical review letters, 2020 - APS
Applying electric field to control magnetic properties is a very efficient way for spintronics
devices. However, the control of magnetic characteristics by electric fields is not …

Magnetic vortex cores as tunable spin-wave emitters

S Wintz, V Tiberkevich, M Weigand, J Raabe… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
The use of spin waves as information carriers in spintronic devices can substantially reduce
energy losses by eliminating the ohmic heating associated with electron transport. Yet, the …

Theory of antiskyrmions in magnets

W Koshibae, N Nagaosa - Nature communications, 2016 - nature.com
Skyrmions and antiskyrmions are swirling topological magnetic textures realized as
emergent particles in magnets. A skyrmion is stabilized by the Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya …

Controlling the Competition between Optically Induced Ultrafast Spin-Flip<? format?> Scattering and Spin Transport in Magnetic Multilayers

E Turgut, C La-o-Vorakiat, JM Shaw, P Grychtol… - Physical review …, 2013 - APS
The study of ultrafast dynamics in magnetic materials provides rich opportunities for greater
fundamental understanding of correlated phenomena in solid-state matter, because many of …

Topological spin textures: Basic physics and devices

Y Zhou, S Li, X Liang, Y Zhou - Advanced Materials, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
In the face of escalating modern data storage demands and the constraints of Moore's Law,
exploring spintronic solutions, particularly the devices based on magnetic skyrmions, has …

Magnetic vortex core reversal by excitation of spin waves

M Kammerer, M Weigand, M Curcic, M Noske… - Nature …, 2011 - nature.com
Micron-sized magnetic platelets in the flux-closed vortex state are characterized by an in-
plane curling magnetization and a nanometer-sized perpendicularly magnetized vortex …