Nature Communications (Jun 2017)

Control of morphology and formation of highly geometrically confined magnetic skyrmions

  • Chiming Jin,
  • Zi-An Li,
  • András Kovács,
  • Jan Caron,
  • Fengshan Zheng,
  • Filipp N. Rybakov,
  • Nikolai S. Kiselev,
  • Haifeng Du,
  • Stefan Blügel,
  • Mingliang Tian,
  • Yuheng Zhang,
  • Michael Farle,
  • Rafal E Dunin-Borkowski

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15569
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Proposals for skyrmion-based high-density memory devices require an understanding of the formation and shape of skyrmions in confined geometries. Here, the authors use electron holography to image magnetic textures in FeGe nanostripes and explore the parameters governing skyrmion morphology.