Dynamics of magnetic skyrmions

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/24/1/017506

Abstract

We review the recent progress on the magnetic skyrmions in chiral magnetic materials. The magnetic skyrmion is a topological spin configuration with localized spatial extent, which could be thought of as an emergent rigid particle, owing to its particular topological and chiral properties. Static skyrmionic configurations have been found in various materials with different transport and thermodynamic properties. The magnetic skyrmions respond to externally applied fields in a very unique way, and their coupling to other quasiparticles in solid-state systems gives rise to the emergent electrodynamics. Being not only theoretically important, the magnetic skyrmion is also very promising to be the information carrier in next generation spintronic devices.

Keywords: skyrmion chiral magnet manipulation

Received: 23 September 2014
Revised: 09 December 2014
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PACS:	75.70.Kw	(Domain structure (including magnetic bubbles and vortices))
	75.78.-n	(Magnetization dynamics)
	75.30.Ds	(Spin waves)

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Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11074216 and 11274272) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China.

Corresponding Authors: Li You-Quan
E-mail: yqli@zju.edu.cn

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Liu Ye-Hua (刘冶华), Li You-Quan (李有泉) Dynamics of magnetic skyrmions 2015 Chin. Phys. B 24 017506

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