Quantum encoding of structured light into in-plane topological spin textures

Abstract

Structured light offers a powerful means of controlling light-matter interactions through multiple tunable optical degrees of freedom. Using micromagnetic simulations, we investigate the nucleation of asymmetric bimerons and antibimerons by pulsed Laguerre-Gaussian optical vortices in chiral ferromagnetic thin films with $C_{nv}$ and $D_{2d}$ symmetries, respectively. For optical vortices with orbital angular momentum (OAM) $|m|=1$, circularly polarized beams deterministically nucleate a single bimeron or antibimeron via the interplay of spin angular momentum, OAM, and magnetic chirality, whereas linearly polarized beams produce textures whose topological charge directly follows the OAM ($Q=m$). Optical vortices with OAM $|m|>1$ nucleate clusters and other configurations composed of multiple spin textures, whose morphology and topological charge depend sensitively on the optical quantum numbers and pulse parameters. These findings reveal a route to topology-selective writing through the encoding of optical quantum numbers into distinct in-plane topological magnetic states.

8 pages, 6 figures