Creation and annihilation of topological meron pairs in in-plane magnetized films

N Gao, SG Je, MY Im, JW Choi, M Yang, Q Li… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Merons which are topologically equivalent to one-half of skyrmions can exist only in pairs or
groups in two-dimensional (2D) ferromagnetic (FM) systems. The recent discovery of meron …

Spin torque nano-oscillators based on antiferromagnetic skyrmions

L Shen, J Xia, G Zhao, X Zhang, M Ezawa… - Applied Physics …, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
Skyrmion-based spin torque nano-oscillators are potential next-generation microwave
signal generators. However, ferromagnetic skyrmion-based spin torque nano-oscillators …

Emergence of the vortex state in confined ferroelectric heterostructures

SL Hsu, MR McCarter, C Dai, Z Hong… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The manipulation of charge and lattice degrees of freedom in atomically precise, low‐
dimensional ferroelectric superlattices can lead to exotic polar structures, such as a vortex …

A skyrmion-based spin-torque nano-oscillator with enhanced edge

Y Feng, J Xia, L Qiu, X Cai, L Shen, FJ Morvan… - Journal of Magnetism …, 2019 - Elsevier
The oscillation frequency of the circular skyrmion motion in a nanodisk increases with the
driving current density. However, the skyrmion may be destroyed at the nanodisk edge when …

Chaos in magnetic nanocontact vortex oscillators

T Devolder, D Rontani, S Petit-Watelot… - Physical review …, 2019 - APS
We present an experimental study of spin-torque driven vortex self-oscillations in magnetic
nanocontacts. We find that, above a certain threshold in applied currents, the vortex gyration …

Chiral skyrmion auto-oscillations in a ferromagnet under spin-transfer torque

N Sisodia, S Komineas, PK Muduli - Physical Review B, 2019 - APS
A skyrmion can be stabilized in a nanodisk geometry in a ferromagnetic material with
Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya (DM) interaction. We apply spin torque uniform in space and time and …

Spin torque nano-oscillators with a perpendicular spin polarizer

C Zheng, HH Chen, X Zhang, Z Zhang… - Chinese Physics B, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
We present an overview in the understanding of spin-transfer torque (STT) induced
magnetization dynamics in spin-torque nano-oscillator (STNO) devices. The STNO contains …

Mutual synchronization of spin-torque nano-oscillators via oersted magnetic fields created by waveguides

H Singh, S Bhuktare, A Bose, A Fukushima… - Physical Review …, 2019 - APS
Nanoscale oscillators based on the spin-transfer torque effect are attractive candidates for
the hardware implementation of neural networks using an array of coupled oscillators. Here …

Prediction of a novel topological multidefect ground state

S Prosandeev, S Prokhorenko, Y Nahas, L Bellaiche - Physical Review B, 2019 - APS
Atomistic first-principles-based effective Hamiltonian simulations are conducted in some
ferroelectric systems to predict the existence of a novel topological state. Such state is …

On the correlation between topological defects of polarization field and Euler characteristics of ferroelectric nanostructures

L Van Lich, QT Ton, TG Nguyen, VH Dinh - Applied Physics Letters, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
Materials with spatial-reversal broken symmetry such as ferroelectrics rarely exhibit
topological field patterns, in contrast to time-reversal broken symmetry materials. Recently …