Current-induced skyrmion generation and dynamics in symmetric bilayers

• Published in: Nature communications Vol. 8; no. 1; pp. 15765 - 6
• Main Authors: Hrabec, A., Sampaio, J., Belmeguenai, M., Gross, I., Weil, R., Chérif, S. M., Stashkevich, A., Jacques, V., Thiaville, A., Rohart, S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 08.06.2017; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 142/126; 639/301/119/1001; 639/925/357/997; Anisotropy; Condensed Matter; Electric currents; Energy; Humanities and Social Sciences; multidisciplinary; Other; Physics; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Symmetry; France

Magnetic skyrmions are quasiparticle-like textures which are topologically different from other states. Their discovery in systems with broken inversion symmetry sparked the search for materials containing such magnetic phase at room temperature. Their topological properties combined with the chiral...