Magnetic skyrmion materials

Y Tokura, N Kanazawa - Chemical Reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Skyrmion, a concept originally proposed in particle physics half a century ago, can now find
the most fertile field for its applicability, that is, the magnetic skyrmion realized in …

[HTML][HTML] Perspective: Magnetic skyrmions—Overview of recent progress in an active research field

K Everschor-Sitte, J Masell, RM Reeve… - Journal of Applied …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
Within a decade, the field of magnetic skyrmionics has developed from a niche prediction to
a huge and active research field. Not only do magnetic skyrmions—magnetic whirls with a …

Square and rhombic lattices of magnetic skyrmions in a centrosymmetric binary compound

R Takagi, N Matsuyama, V Ukleev, L Yu… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Magnetic skyrmions are topologically stable swirling spin textures with particle-like
character, and have been intensively studied as a candidate of high-density information bit …

The 2020 skyrmionics roadmap

C Back, V Cros, H Ebert… - Journal of Physics D …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
The notion of non-trivial topological winding in condensed matter systems represents a
major area of present-day theoretical and experimental research. Magnetic materials offer a …

Probing condensed matter physics with magnetometry based on nitrogen-vacancy centres in diamond

F Casola, T Van Der Sar, A Yacoby - Nature Reviews Materials, 2018 - nature.com
The magnetic fields generated by spins and currents provide a unique window into the
physics of correlated-electron materials and devices. First proposed only a decade ago …

Transformation between meron and skyrmion topological spin textures in a chiral magnet

XZ Yu, W Koshibae, Y Tokunaga, K Shibata, Y Taguchi… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Crystal lattices with tetragonal or hexagonal structure often exhibit structural transitions in
response to external stimuli. Similar behaviour is anticipated for the lattice forms of …

Nanometric square skyrmion lattice in a centrosymmetric tetragonal magnet

ND Khanh, T Nakajima, X Yu, S Gao, K Shibata… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Magnetic skyrmions are topologically stable spin swirls with a particle-like character and are
potentially suitable for the design of high-density information bits. Although most known …

Generation of optical skyrmions with tunable topological textures

Y Shen, EC Martínez, C Rosales-Guzmán - ACS Photonics, 2022 - ACS Publications
In recent times, the optical-analogous skyrmions, topological quasiparticles with
sophisticated vectorial structures in light, have received an increasing amount of interest …

Fractional antiferromagnetic skyrmion lattice induced by anisotropic couplings

S Gao, HD Rosales, FA Gomez Albarracin, V Tsurkan… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Magnetic skyrmions are topological solitons with a nanoscale winding spin texture that hold
promise for spintronics applications,,–. Skyrmions have so far been observed in a variety of …

Physical foundations and basic properties of magnetic skyrmions

AN Bogdanov, C Panagopoulos - Nature Reviews Physics, 2020 - nature.com
Magnetic skyrmions (or vortices) are spatially inhomogeneous spin textures localized in
nanoscale cylindrical regions. Their small size and unique stability make skyrmions …