Nature Communications (Aug 2021)

Real-space observations of 60-nm skyrmion dynamics in an insulating magnet under low heat flow

  • Xiuzhen Yu,
  • Fumitaka Kagawa,
  • Shinichiro Seki,
  • Masashi Kubota,
  • Jan Masell,
  • Fehmi S. Yasin,
  • Kiyomi Nakajima,
  • Masao Nakamura,
  • Masashi Kawasaki,
  • Naoto Nagaosa,
  • Yoshinori Tokura

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25291-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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Skyrmions are a type of topological spin texture that great potential across a wide variety of technological applications. Here, Yu et al. study the thermally driven motion of Skyrmions and find a minimum temperature gradient for the motion of skyrmions two orders of magnitude smaller than for domain walls.