Topological properties and dynamics of magnetic skyrmions

N Nagaosa, Y Tokura - Nature nanotechnology, 2013 - nature.com
Magnetic skyrmions are particle-like nanometre-sized spin textures of topological origin
found in several magnetic materials, and are characterized by a long lifetime. Skyrmions …

Néel-type skyrmion lattice with confined orientation in the polar magnetic semiconductor GaV4S8

I Kézsmárki, S Bordács, P Milde, E Neuber, LM Eng… - Nature materials, 2015 - nature.com
Following the early prediction of the skyrmion lattice (SkL)—a periodic array of spin vortices—
it has been observed recently in various magnetic crystals mostly with chiral structure …

Dynamical magnetoelectric phenomena of multiferroic skyrmions

M Mochizuki, S Seki - Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Magnetic skyrmions, vortex-like swirling spin textures characterized by a quantized
topological invariant, realized in chiral-lattice magnets are currently attracting intense …

Skyrmion qubits: Challenges for future quantum computing applications

C Psaroudaki, E Peraticos, C Panagopoulos - Applied Physics Letters, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Magnetic nano-skyrmions develop quantized helicity excitations, and the quantum tunneling
between nano-skyrmions possessing distinct helicities is indicative of the quantum nature of …

Ginzburg-Landau theory for skyrmions in inversion-symmetric magnets with competing interactions

SZ Lin, S Hayami - Physical Review B, 2016 - APS
Magnetic skyrmions have attracted considerable attention recently for their huge potential in
spintronic applications. Generally skyrmions are big compared to the atomic lattice constant …

Elliptical Bloch skyrmion chiral twins in an antiskyrmion system

J Jena, B Göbel, T Ma, V Kumar, R Saha… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Skyrmions and antiskyrmions are distinct topological chiral spin textures that have been
observed in various material systems depending on the symmetry of the crystal structure …

Robust Formation of Skyrmions and Topological Hall Effect Anomaly<? format?> in Epitaxial Thin Films of MnSi

Y Li, N Kanazawa, XZ Yu, A Tsukazaki, M Kawasaki… - Physical review …, 2013 - APS
Magnetotransport properties have been investigated for epitaxial thin films of B 20-type MnSi
grown on Si (111) substrates. Lorentz transmission electron microscopy images clearly point …

[HTML][HTML] Room temperature skyrmion ground state stabilized through interlayer exchange coupling

G Chen, A Mascaraque, AK Schmid - Applied Physics Letters, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
Possible magnetic skyrmion device applications motivate the search for structures that
extend the stability of skyrmion spin textures to ambient temperature. Here, we demonstrate …

Unveiling the three-dimensional magnetic texture of skyrmion tubes

D Wolf, S Schneider, UK Rößler, A Kovács… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Magnetic skyrmions are stable topological solitons with complex non-coplanar spin
structures. Their nanoscopic size and the low electric currents required to control their …

The properties of isolated chiral skyrmions in thin magnetic films

AO Leonov, TL Monchesky, N Romming… - New Journal of …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Axisymmetric solitonic states (chiral skyrmions) were first predicted theoretically more than
two decades ago. However, until recently they have been observed in a form of skyrmionic …