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2020
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Magnetic skyrmions, chiral kinks, and holomorphic functions
Magnetic skyrmions, chiral kinks, and holomorphic functions
We present a novel approach to understanding the extraordinary diversity of magnetic skyrmion solutions. Our approach combines an original classification scheme with efficient analytical and numerical methods. We introduce the concept of chiral kinks to account for regions of disfavored chirality in...
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Personal Name(s): | Kuchkin, Vladyslav (Corresponding author) |
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Barton-Singer, Bruno / Rybakov, Filipp N. / Blügel, Stefan / Schroers, Bernd J. / Kiselev, Nikolai S. | |
Contributing Institute: |
Quanten-Theorie der Materialien; IAS-1 JARA - HPC; JARA-HPC JARA-FIT; JARA-FIT Quanten-Theorie der Materialien; PGI-1 |
Published in: | Physical Review B Physical review / B, 102 102 (2020 2020) 14 14, S. 144422 144422 |
Imprint: |
Woodbury, NY
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2020
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DOI: |
10.1103/PhysRevB.102.144422 |
Document Type: |
Journal Article |
Research Program: |
Controlling Configuration-Based Phenomena Controlling Spin-Based Phenomena |
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Publikationsportal JuSER |
Please use the identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.102.144422 in citations.
We present a novel approach to understanding the extraordinary diversity of magnetic skyrmion solutions. Our approach combines an original classification scheme with efficient analytical and numerical methods. We introduce the concept of chiral kinks to account for regions of disfavored chirality in spin textures, and classify two-dimensional magnetic skyrmions in terms of closed domain walls carrying such chiral kinks. In particular, we show that the topological charge of magnetic skyrmions can be expressed in terms of the constituent closed domain walls and chiral kinks. Guided by our classification scheme, we propose a method for creating hitherto unknown magnetic skyrmions which involves initial spin configurations formulated in terms of holomorphic functions and subsequent numerical energy minimization. We numerically study the stability of the resulting magnetic skyrmions for a range of external fields and anisotropy parameters, and provide quantitative estimates of the stability range for the whole variety of skyrmions with kinks. We show that the parameters limiting this range can be well described in terms of the relative energies of particular skyrmion solutions and isolated stripes with and without chiral kinks. |