The properties of isolated chiral skyrmions in thin magnetic films

dc.bibliographicCitation.issue6eng
dc.bibliographicCitation.volume18
dc.contributor.authorLeonov, A.O.
dc.contributor.authorMonchesky, T.L.
dc.contributor.authorRomming, N.
dc.contributor.authorKubetzka, A.
dc.contributor.authorBogdanov, A.N.
dc.contributor.authorWiesendanger, R.
dc.date.accessioned2018-06-11T16:43:53Z
dc.date.available2019-06-28T12:39:48Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractAxisymmetric 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 condensates (hexagonal lattices and other mesophases). In this paper we report experimental and theoretical investigations of isolated chiral skyrmions discovered in PdFe/Ir(111) bilayers two years ago by Romming et al (2013 Science 341 636). The results of spin-polarized scanning tunneling microscopy analyzed within the continuum and discrete models provide a consistent description of isolated skyrmions in thin layers. The existence region of chiral skyrmions is restricted by strip-out instabilities at low fields and a collapse at high fields. We demonstrate that the same equations describe axisymmetric localized states in all condensed matter systems with broken mirror symmetry, and thus our findings establish basic properties of isolated skyrmions common for chiral liquid crystals, different classes of noncentrosymmetric magnets, ferroelectrics, and multiferroics.eng
dc.description.versionpublishedVersioneng
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dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.34657/1700
dc.identifier.urihttps://oa.tib.eu/renate/handle/123456789/4344
dc.language.isoengeng
dc.publisherMilton Park : Taylor & Franciseng
dc.relation.doihttps://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/18/6/065003
dc.relation.ispartofseriesNew Journal of Physics, Volume 18, Issue 6eng
dc.rights.licenseCC BY 3.0 Unportedeng
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/eng
dc.subjectChiral skyrmioneng
dc.subjectcollapse fieldeng
dc.subjectthin filmseng
dc.subject.ddc530eng
dc.titleThe properties of isolated chiral skyrmions in thin magnetic filmseng
dc.typearticleeng
dc.typeTexteng
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.journalTitleNew Journal of Physicseng
tib.accessRightsopenAccesseng
wgl.contributorIFWDeng
wgl.subjectPhysikeng
wgl.typeZeitschriftenartikeleng
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