Controlled anisotropic dynamics of tightly bound skyrmions in a synthetic ferrimagnet due to skyrmion-deformation mediated by induced uniaxial in-plane anisotropy
arXiv:1807.06884 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.99.094405
Abstract
We study speed and skew deflection-angle dependence on skyrmion deformations of a tightly bound two-skyrmion state in a synthetic ferrimagnet. We condsider here, an in-plane uniaxial magnetocrystalline anisotropy-term in order to induce lateral shape distortions and an overall size modulation of the skyrmions due to a reduction of the effective out-of-plane anisotropy, thus affecting the skyrmion speed, skew-deflection and inducing anisotropy in these quantities with respect to the driving current-angle. Because of frustrated dipolar interactions in a synthetic ferrimagnet, sizeable skyrmion deformations can be induced with relatively small induced anisotropy constants and thus a wide range of tuneability can be achieved. We also show analytically, that a consequence of the skyrmion deformation can, under certain conditions cause a skyrmion deflection with respect to driving-current angles, unrelated to the topological charge. Results are analyzed by a combination of micromagnetic simulations and a compound particle description within the Thiele-formalism from which an over-all mobility tensor is constructed. This work offers an additional path towards in-situ tuning of skyrmion dynamics.
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