Dynamical magnetic skyrmions
arXiv:1404.3281
Abstract
Spin transfer torque (STT) affords magnetic nanodevices the potential to act as memory, computing, and microwave elements operating at ultra-low currents and at a low energy cost. Spin transfer torque is not only effective in manipulating well-known magnetic structures, such as domain walls and vortices, but can also nucleate previously unattainable nano-magnetic objects, such as magnetic droplets and skyrmions. While the droplet and the skyrmion are both solitons, the former is inherently dynamic and non-topological, whereas the latter is static but topologically protected. Here we show that it is possible to combine these properties into a novel topologically protected dynamical skyrmion, which adds additional degrees of freedom, and functionality, to both droplet and skyrmion based applications. Unlike static skyrmions, the dynamical skyrmion can be nucleated and sustained without Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI) or dipole-dipole interaction (DDI), and is a generic soliton solution independent of STT and damping once nucleated. In the presence of large DMI, the dynamical skyrmion experiences strong breathing with particular promise for skyrmion-based memory and microwave applications.
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