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] Beyond skyrmions: Review and perspectives of alternative magnetic quasiparticles

B Göbel, I Mertig, OA Tretiakov - Physics Reports, 2021 - Elsevier
Magnetic skyrmions have attracted enormous research interest since their discovery a
decade ago. The non-trivial real-space topology of these nano-whirls leads to fundamentally …

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 …

Skyrmion qubits: A new class of quantum logic elements based on nanoscale magnetization

C Psaroudaki, C Panagopoulos - Physical Review Letters, 2021 - APS
We introduce a new class of primitive building blocks for realizing quantum logic elements
based on nanoscale magnetization textures called skyrmions. In a skyrmion qubit …

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 …

Skyrmion lattice with a giant topological Hall effect in a frustrated triangular-lattice magnet

T Kurumaji, T Nakajima, M Hirschberger, A Kikkawa… - Science, 2019 - science.org
Geometrically frustrated magnets can host complex spin textures, leading to unconventional
electromagnetic responses. Magnetic frustration may also promote topologically nontrivial …

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 …

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 …

Skyrmion phase and competing magnetic orders on a breathing kagomé lattice

M Hirschberger, T Nakajima, S Gao, L Peng… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Magnetic skyrmion textures are realized mainly in non-centrosymmetric, eg chiral or polar,
magnets. Extending the field to centrosymmetric bulk materials is a rewarding challenge …