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most citedTailoring magnetic energies to form dipole skyrmions and skyrmion lattices

221 citations · 643 across the 15 of their papers we have counts for

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15 papers

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2023★ 13 cited

Skyrmion-Excited Spin Wave Fractal Network

Nan Tang, W. L. N. C. Liyanage, Sergio A. Montoya +9

Magnetic skyrmions exhibit unique, technologically relevant pseudo-particle behaviors which arise from their topological protection, including well-defined, three-dimensional dynam…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2023★ 2 cited

Periodicity staircase in a Fe/Gd magnetic thin film

Arnab Singh, Junli Li, Sergio A. Montoya +7

Presence of multiple competing periodicities may result in a system to go through states with modulated periodicities, an example of which is the self-similar staircase-like struct…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2023★ 3 cited

On Ultrafast X-ray Methods for Magnetism

Rajan Plumley, Sathya Chitturi, Cheng Peng +36

With the introduction of x-ray free electron laser sources around the world, new scientific approaches for visualizing matter at fundamental length and time-scales have become poss…

cond-mat.mes-hall2023★ 19 cited

Three-Dimensional Structure of Hybrid Magnetic Skyrmions Determined by Neutron Scattering

WLNC Liyanage, Nan Tang, Lizabeth Quigley +9

Magnetic skyrmions are topologically protected chiral spin textures which present opportunities for next-generation magnetic data storage and logic information technologies. The to…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2022

Transport properties of dipole skyrmions in amorphous FeGd multilayers

Sergio Montoya, Marko Lubarda, Vitaliy Lomakin

The transport response of dipole skyrmions in amorphous centrosymmetric Fe/Gd multilayer is investigated by temperature and field-dependent resistivity measurements collected in th…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2020★ 12 cited

Energy-efficient generation of skyrmion phases in Co/Ni/Pt-based multilayers using Joule heating

Jeffrey A. Brock, Sergio A. Montoya, Mi-Young Im +1

We have studied the effects of electrical current pulses on skyrmion formation in a series of Co/Ni/Pt-based multilayers. Transmission X-ray microscopy reveals that by applying ele…

cond-mat.mes-hall2020★ 2 cited

Ultrafast perturbation of magnetic domains by optical pumping in a ferromagnetic multilayer

Dmitriy Zusin, Ezio Iacocca, Loïc Le Guyader +23

Ultrafast optical pumping of spatially nonuniform magnetic textures is known to induce far-from-equilibrium spin transport effects. Here, we use ultrafast x-ray diffraction with un…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2019★ 101 cited

Direct demonstration of topological stability of magnetic skyrmions via topology manipulation

Soong-Geun Je, Hee-Sung Han, Se Kwon Kim +8

Topological protection precludes a continuous deformation between topologically inequivalent configurations in a continuum. Motivated by this concept, magnetic skyrmions, topologic…

cond-mat.mes-hall2019★ 46 cited

Realization of Ordered Magnetic Skyrmions in Thin Films at Ambient Conditions

Ryan D. Desautels, Lisa DeBeer-Schmitt, Sergio Montoya +7

Magnetic skyrmions present interesting physics due to their topological nature and hold significant promise for future information technologies. A key barrier to realizing skyrmion…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2018★ 41 cited

Spin-orbit torque induced dipole skyrmion motion at room temperature

Sergio A. Montoya, Robert Tolley, Ian Gilbert +3

We demonstrate deterministic control of dipole-field-stabilized skyrmions by means of spin-orbit torques arising from heavy transition-metal seed layers. Experiments are performed…

physics.optics2017

Electronic Metamaterials with Tunable Second-order Optical Nonlinearities

Hung-Hsi Lin, Felipe Vallini, Mu-Han Yang +6

The ability to engineer metamaterials with tunable nonlinear optical properties is crucial for nonlinear optics. Traditionally, metals have been employed to enhance nonlinear optic…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2017★ 68 cited

Resonant properties of dipole skyrmions in amorphous Fe/Gd multilayers

S. A. Montoya, S. Couture, J. J. Chess +9

The dynamic response of dipole skyrmions in Fe/Gd multilayer films is investigated by ferromagnetic resonance measurements and compared to micromagnetic simulations. We detail thic…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2016★ 24 cited

A streamlined approach to mapping the magnetic induction of skyrmionic materials

Jordan J. Chess, Sergio A. Montoya, Tyler R. Harvey +5

Recently, Lorentz transmission electron microscopy (LTEM) has helped researchers advance the emerging field of magnetic skyrmions. These magnetic quasi-particles, composed of topol…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2016★ 221 cited

Tailoring magnetic energies to form dipole skyrmions and skyrmion lattices

S. A. Montoya, S. Couture, J. J. Chess +11

The interesting physics and potential memory technologies resulting from topologically protected spin textures such as skyrmions, has prompted efforts to discover new material syst…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2016★ 91 cited

Synthesizing Skyrmion Molecules in Fe-Gd Thin Films

J. C. T Lee, J. J. Chess, S. A. Montoya +9

We show that properly engineered amorphous Fe-Gd alloy thin films with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy exhibit room-temperature skyrmion molecules, or a pair of like-polarity, op…