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Direct Demonstration of Topological Stability of Magnetic Skyrmions via Topology Manipulation

Title
Direct Demonstration of Topological Stability of Magnetic Skyrmions via Topology Manipulation
Author(s)
Je, Soong-GeunHan, Hee-SungKim, Se KwonMontoya, Sergio A.Chao, WeilunHong, Ik-SunFullerton, Eric E.Lee, Ki-SukLee, Kyung-JinIm, Mi‐YoungHong, Jung-Il
DGIST Authors
Je, Soong-GeunHan, Hee-SungKim, Se KwonMontoya, Sergio A.Chao, WeilunHong, Ik-SunFullerton, Eric E.Lee, Ki-SukLee, Kyung-JinIm, Mi‐YoungHong, Jung-Il
Issued Date
2020-03
Type
Article
Article Type
Article
Author Keywords
topology manipulationtopological stabilitytopological protectionmagnetic skyrmionmagnetic bubblelifetimeFeGd
Keywords
DYNAMICS
ISSN
1936-0851
Abstract
Topological protection precludes a continuous deformation between topologically inequivalent configurations in a continuum. Motivated by this concept, magnetic skyrmions, topologically nontrivial spin textures, are expected to exhibit topological stability, thereby offering a prospect as a nanometer-scale nonvolatile information carrier. In real materials, however, atomic spins are configured as not continuous but discrete distributions, which raises a fundamental question if the topological stability is indeed preserved for real magnetic skyrmions. Answering this question necessitates a direct comparison between topologically nontrivial and trivial spin textures, but the direct comparison in one sample under the same magnetic fields has been challenging. Here we report how to selectively achieve either a skyrmion state or a topologically trivial bubble state in a single specimen and thereby experimentally show how robust the skyrmion structure is in comparison with the bubbles. We demonstrate that topologically nontrivial magnetic skyrmions show longer lifetimes than trivial bubble structures, evidencing the topological stability in a real discrete system. Our work corroborates the physical importance of the topology in the magnetic materials, which has hitherto been suggested by mathematical arguments, providing an important step toward ever-dense and more-stable magnetic devices. Copyright © 2020 American Chemical Society.
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11750/11786
DOI
10.1021/acsnano.9b08699
Publisher
American Chemical Society
Related Researcher
  • 홍정일 Hong, Jung-Il
  • Research Interests Electric and Magnetic Properties of Nanostructured Materials; Spintronics
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