Signatures of higher order skyrmionic textures revealed by magnetic force microscopy
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| author | Koraltan, Sabri Sunny, Joe Karaman, Tamer Peremadathil-Pradeep, Reshma Darwin, Emily Büttner, Felix Suess, Dieter Hug, Hans Josef Albrecht, Manfred |
| author_facet | Koraltan, Sabri Sunny, Joe Karaman, Tamer Peremadathil-Pradeep, Reshma Darwin, Emily Büttner, Felix Suess, Dieter Hug, Hans Josef Albrecht, Manfred |
| contents | Higher-order skyrmions and antiskyrmions are topologically protected spin textures with an integer topological charge other than $\pm 1$ and nucleate from topological point defects in regular Bloch walls, known as vertical Bloch lines. So far, they have only been observed using Lorentz transmission electron microscopy. In this work, we show that higher-order spin textures coexisting in Co/Ni multilayers at room temperature can be visualized by high-resolution magnetic force microscopy (MFM). The experimental results are supported by micromagnetic simulations confirming that different spin objects give rise to distinct MFM contrast in full agreement to our observations. |
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| spellingShingle | Signatures of higher order skyrmionic textures revealed by magnetic force microscopy Koraltan, Sabri Sunny, Joe Karaman, Tamer Peremadathil-Pradeep, Reshma Darwin, Emily Büttner, Felix Suess, Dieter Hug, Hans Josef Albrecht, Manfred Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Higher-order skyrmions and antiskyrmions are topologically protected spin textures with an integer topological charge other than $\pm 1$ and nucleate from topological point defects in regular Bloch walls, known as vertical Bloch lines. So far, they have only been observed using Lorentz transmission electron microscopy. In this work, we show that higher-order spin textures coexisting in Co/Ni multilayers at room temperature can be visualized by high-resolution magnetic force microscopy (MFM). The experimental results are supported by micromagnetic simulations confirming that different spin objects give rise to distinct MFM contrast in full agreement to our observations. |
| title | Signatures of higher order skyrmionic textures revealed by magnetic force microscopy |
| topic | Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.04499 |