Slowdown of photoexcited spin dynamics in the non-collinear spin-ordered phases in skyrmion host GaV4S8

Fumiya Sekiguchi; Kestutis Budzinauskas; Prashant Padmanabhan; Rolf B. Versteeg; Vladimir Tsurkan; István Kézsmárki; Francesco Foggetti; Sergey Artyukhin; Paul H. M. van Loosdrecht

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-30829-z

Nature Communications (Jun 2022)

Slowdown of photoexcited spin dynamics in the non-collinear spin-ordered phases in skyrmion host GaV4S8

Fumiya Sekiguchi,
Kestutis Budzinauskas,
Prashant Padmanabhan,
Rolf B. Versteeg,
Vladimir Tsurkan,
István Kézsmárki,
Francesco Foggetti,
Sergey Artyukhin,
Paul H. M. van Loosdrecht

Affiliations

Fumiya Sekiguchi: II. Physikalisches Institut, Universität zu Köln
Kestutis Budzinauskas: II. Physikalisches Institut, Universität zu Köln
Prashant Padmanabhan: II. Physikalisches Institut, Universität zu Köln
Rolf B. Versteeg: II. Physikalisches Institut, Universität zu Köln
Vladimir Tsurkan: Experimental Physics V, Center for Electronic Correlations and Magnetism, University of Augsburg
István Kézsmárki: Experimental Physics V, Center for Electronic Correlations and Magnetism, University of Augsburg
Francesco Foggetti: Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
Sergey Artyukhin: Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
Paul H. M. van Loosdrecht: II. Physikalisches Institut, Universität zu Köln

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30829-z
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Skyrmions are a topological magnetic texture that have garnered considerable interest for various technological applications. Here, Sekiguchi et al. investigate the ultrafast optical response of GaV4S6, and find a significant reduction in the thermal conductivity in the skyrmion phase.

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ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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