Fractional Skyrmion Tubes in Chiral-Interfaced Three-Dimensional Magnetic Nanowires

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Hauptverfasser: Fullerton, John, Leo, Naëmi, Jurczyk, Jakub, Donnelly, Claire, Sanz-Hernández, Dédalo, Skoric, Luka, Mille, Nicolas, Stanescu, Stefan, MacLaren, Donald A., Belkhou, Rachid, Hierro-Rodriguez, Aurelio, Fernández-Pacheco, Amalio
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author Fullerton, John
Leo, Naëmi
Jurczyk, Jakub
Donnelly, Claire
Sanz-Hernández, Dédalo
Skoric, Luka
Mille, Nicolas
Stanescu, Stefan
MacLaren, Donald A.
Belkhou, Rachid
Hierro-Rodriguez, Aurelio
Fernández-Pacheco, Amalio
author_facet Fullerton, John
Leo, Naëmi
Jurczyk, Jakub
Donnelly, Claire
Sanz-Hernández, Dédalo
Skoric, Luka
Mille, Nicolas
Stanescu, Stefan
MacLaren, Donald A.
Belkhou, Rachid
Hierro-Rodriguez, Aurelio
Fernández-Pacheco, Amalio
contents Magnetic skyrmions are chiral spin textures with rich physics and great potential for unconventional computing. Typically, skyrmions form in bulk crystals with reduced symmetry or ultrathin film multilayers involving heavy metals. Here, we demonstrate the formation of fractional Bloch skyrmion tubes at room temperature by 3D printing ferromagnetic double-helix nanowires with two regions of opposite chirality. Using X-ray microscopy and micromagnetic simulations, we show that the coexistence of vortex and anti-parallel spin states induces the formation of fractional skyrmion tubes at zero magnetic fields, minimising the energy cost of breaking the coupling between geometric and magnetic chirality. We also demonstrate control over zero-field states, including pure vortex, or mixed skyrmion-vortex states, highlighting the magnetic reconfigurability of these 3D nanowires. This work shows how interfacing chiral geometries at the nanoscale can enable advanced forms of topological spintronics.
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spellingShingle Fractional Skyrmion Tubes in Chiral-Interfaced Three-Dimensional Magnetic Nanowires
Fullerton, John
Leo, Naëmi
Jurczyk, Jakub
Donnelly, Claire
Sanz-Hernández, Dédalo
Skoric, Luka
Mille, Nicolas
Stanescu, Stefan
MacLaren, Donald A.
Belkhou, Rachid
Hierro-Rodriguez, Aurelio
Fernández-Pacheco, Amalio
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Magnetic skyrmions are chiral spin textures with rich physics and great potential for unconventional computing. Typically, skyrmions form in bulk crystals with reduced symmetry or ultrathin film multilayers involving heavy metals. Here, we demonstrate the formation of fractional Bloch skyrmion tubes at room temperature by 3D printing ferromagnetic double-helix nanowires with two regions of opposite chirality. Using X-ray microscopy and micromagnetic simulations, we show that the coexistence of vortex and anti-parallel spin states induces the formation of fractional skyrmion tubes at zero magnetic fields, minimising the energy cost of breaking the coupling between geometric and magnetic chirality. We also demonstrate control over zero-field states, including pure vortex, or mixed skyrmion-vortex states, highlighting the magnetic reconfigurability of these 3D nanowires. This work shows how interfacing chiral geometries at the nanoscale can enable advanced forms of topological spintronics.
title Fractional Skyrmion Tubes in Chiral-Interfaced Three-Dimensional Magnetic Nanowires
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.14069