Edge instability in a chiral stripe domain under an electric current and skyrmion generation
arXiv:1510.07353 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.94.020402
Abstract
Motivated by the recent experimental observations on the skyrmion creation by cutting chiral stripe domains under a current drive [Jiang {\emph{et al.}}, Science {\bf{349}}, 283 (2015)], we study the mechanism of skyrmion generation by simulating the dynamics of stripe domains. Our theory for skyrmion generation is based on the fact that there are two half skyrmions attached to the ends of a stripe domain. These half skyrmions move due to the coupling between the skyrmion topological charge and current. As a consequence, the stripe domain is bent or stretched depending on the direction of motion of the half skyrmions. For a large current, skyrmions are created by chopping the stripe domains via strong bending or stretching. Our theory provides an explanation to the experiments and is supported by the new experiments. Furthermore, we predict that skyrmions can also be generated using a Bloch stripe domain under a spin transfer torque which can be realized in B20 compounds.
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