Nature Communications (Sep 2020)

Role of higher-order exchange interactions for skyrmion stability

  • Souvik Paul,
  • Soumyajyoti Haldar,
  • Stephan von Malottki,
  • Stefan Heinze

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18473-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

Read online

“Skyrmions are spin textures with topological charge that have considerable technological potential due to their stability. In this theoretical work, the authors demonstrate the importance of previous unconsidered higher-order exchange terms to the stability of skymions.”