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Magnetic Skyrmions and Skyrmion Clusters in the Helical Phase of Cu2OSeO3

Müller, Jan
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Rajeswari, Jayaraman
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Huang, Ping
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2017
Physical Review Letters

Skyrmions are nanometric spin whirls that can be stabilized in magnets lacking inversion symmetry. The properties of isolated Skyrmions embedded in a ferromagnetic background have been intensively studied. We show that single Skyrmions and clusters of Skyrmions can also form in the helical phase and investigate theoretically their energetics and dynamics. The helical background provides natural one-dimensional channels along which a Skyrmion can move rapidly. In contrast to Skyrmions in ferromagnets, the Skyrmion-Skyrmion interaction has a strong attractive component and thus Skyrmions tend to form clusters with characteristic shapes. These clusters are directly observed in transmission electron microscopy measurements in thin films of Cu2OSeO3. Topological quantization, high mobility, and the confinement of Skyrmions in channels provided by the helical background may be useful for future spintronics devices.

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DOI
10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.137201
Author(s)
Müller, Jan
Rajeswari, Jayaraman
Huang, Ping
Murooka, Yoshie
Rønnow, Henrik M.
Carbone, Fabrizio
Rosch, Achim
Date Issued

2017

Published in
Physical Review Letters
Volume

119

Issue

13

Article Number

137201

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April 23, 2018
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