Skyrmion formation in a bulk chiral magnet at zero magnetic field and above room temperature
We report that in a β-Mn-type chiral magnet Co9Zn9Mn2, skyrmions are realized as a metastable state over a wide temperature range, including room temperature, via field cooling through the thermodynamic equilibrium skyrmion phase that exists below a transition temperature Tc∼400 K. The once-created metastable skyrmions survive at zero magnetic field both at and above room temperature. Such robust skyrmions in a wide temperature and magnetic field region demonstrate the key role of topology and provide a significant step toward technological applications of skyrmions in bulk chiral magnets.
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Karube, K., White, J. S., Morikawa, D., Bartkowiak, M., Kikkawa, A., Tokunaga, Y., Arima, T., Rønnow, H. M., Tokura, Y., & Taguchi, Y. (2017). Skyrmion formation in a bulk chiral magnet at zero magnetic field and above room temperature. Physical Review Materials, 1(7), Article 074405. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.1.074405
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2017
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