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Non-axisymmetric skyrmions in chiral and frustrated magnets

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17H06889
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field Applied materials
Research InstitutionHiroshima University

Principal Investigator

Leonov Andriy  広島大学, 理学研究科, 助教 (30804851)

Project Period (FY) 2017-08-25 – 2019-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Keywordsskyrmion / DM interaction / current-drive dynamics / micromagnetism / skymion / chiral magnetism / chiral magnet / micromagnetics / Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya / racetrack memory / spin torque
Outline of Final Research Achievements

I introduced a new class of isolated magnetic skyrmions emerging within tilted ferromagnetic phases of polar magnets with easy-plane anisotropy. The asymmetric magnetic structure of these skyrmions is associated with an intricate pattern of the energy density, which exhibits positive and negative asymptotics with respect to the surrounding state with a ferromagnetic moment tilted away from the polar axis. Correspondingly, the skyrmion-skyrmion interaction has an anisotropic character and can be either attractive or repulsive depending on the
relative orientation of the skyrmion pair. I investigated the stability of these asymmetric skyrmions against the elliptical cone state and followed their transformation into axisymmetric skyrmions, when the tilted ferromagnetic
moment of the host phase was reduced. My theoretical results gave clear directions for experimental studies of isolated asymmetric skyrmions and their clusters embedded in tilted ferromagnetic phases.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

My research had a strong impact on the skyrmionic community: a) mathematical generalization of skyrmion classes; b) revision of experimental data on the visual skyrmion observation c) numerical simulation on the current-driven skyrmion motion, new prototypes of spintronic devices.

Report

(3 results)
  • 2018 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2017 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (11 results)

All 2018 2017

All Journal Article (6 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 6 results,  Peer Reviewed: 6 results) Presentation (5 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 5 results,  Invited: 5 results)

  • [Journal Article] Toggle-switch-like crossover between two types of isolated skyrmions within the conical phase of cubic helimagnets2018

    • Author(s)
      Leonov A. O.、Bogdanov A. N.、Inoue K.
    • Journal Title

      Physical Review B

      Volume: 98 Issue: 6 Pages: 5-5

    • DOI

      10.1103/physrevb.98.060411

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Homogeneous and heterogeneous nucleation of skyrmions in thin layers of cubic helimagnets2018

    • Author(s)
      Leonov A. O.、Inoue K.
    • Journal Title

      Physical Review B

      Volume: 98 Issue: 5 Pages: 9-9

    • DOI

      10.1103/physrevb.98.054404

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Direct observation of attractive skyrmions and skyrmion clusters in the cubic helimagnet Cu2OSeO32018

    • Author(s)
      Loudon J. C.、Leonov A. O.、Bogdanov A. N.、Hatnean M. Ciomaga、Balakrishnan G.
    • Journal Title

      Physical Review B

      Volume: 97 Issue: 13 Pages: 6-6

    • DOI

      10.1103/physrevb.97.134403

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report 2017 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Asymmetric isolated skyrmions in polar magnets with easy-plane anisotropy2017

    • Author(s)
      A. O. Leonov and I. Kezsmarki
    • Journal Title

      Physical Review B

      Volume: 96 Issue: 1 Pages: 014423-014423

    • DOI

      10.1103/physrevb.96.014423

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Skyrmion robustness in noncentrosymmetric magnets with axial symmetry: The role of anisotropy and tilted magnetic fields2017

    • Author(s)
      A. O. Leonov and I. Kezsmarki
    • Journal Title

      Physical Review B

      Volume: 96 Issue: 21 Pages: 214413-214413

    • DOI

      10.1103/physrevb.96.214413

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Equilibrium Skyrmion Lattice Ground State in a Polar Easy-plane Magnet2017

    • Author(s)
      S. Bordacs, A. Butykai, B. G. Szigeti, J. S. White, R. Cubitt, A. O. Leonov, S. Widmann, D. Ehlers, H.-A. Krug von Nidda, V. Tsurkan, A. Loidl & I. Kezsmarki
    • Journal Title

      Scientific Reports

      Volume: 7 Issue: 1 Pages: 7584-7584

    • DOI

      10.1038/s41598-017-07996-x

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Homogeneous and heterogeneous nucle-ation of skyrmions in thin layers of cubic helimagnets and liquid crystals2018

    • Author(s)
      A. O. Leonov
    • Organizer
      14th International Workshop on Magnetism & Superconductivity at the Nanoscale
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Chiral skyrmions: overview of perspec-tives2018

    • Author(s)
      A. O. Leonov
    • Organizer
      Invited talk at International Symposium on Chiral Magnetism (χ-mag 2018)
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Non-axisymmetric chiral skyrmions2018

    • Author(s)
      A. O. Leonov
    • Organizer
      Invited talk at International Conference of Magnetism and Spintronics
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] The Properties of Isolated Skyrmions in Chiral Magnets and Liquid Crystals2018

    • Author(s)
      A. O. Leonov
    • Organizer
      Invited talk at 6th International Conference on Superconductivity and Magnetism
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Non-axisymmetric skyrmions2018

    • Author(s)
      A.O. Leonov, A.N. Bogdanov, K. Inoue
    • Organizer
      ICSM2018
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited

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Published: 2017-08-25   Modified: 2020-03-30  

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