Phase shift, ellipticity, angle, and topological number in skyrmion lattices

Abstract

We theoretically study skyrmion lattices realized in a Kondo lattice model on a triangular lattice, focusing on the phase, ellipticity, and angle of the constituent multiple-$Q$ waves. Analyzing the numerical data obtained in the previous study [Ozawa R, Hayami S and Motome Y 2017 Phys. Rev. Lett. 118 147205], we extract these parameters for the two types of skyrmion lattices with the skyrmion number of $1$ and $2$. We show that the topological transition between the two skyrmion lattices driven by an external magnetic field is accompanied by significant modulations of all three parameters.

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