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Main Authors: Ghosh, Sumit, Katsumoto, Hiroshi, Bihlmayer, Gustav, Sallermann, Moritz, Kuchkin, Vladyslav M., Rybakov, Filipp N., Eriksson, Olle, Blügel, Stefan, Kiselev, Nikolai S.
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Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.01491
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author Ghosh, Sumit
Katsumoto, Hiroshi
Bihlmayer, Gustav
Sallermann, Moritz
Kuchkin, Vladyslav M.
Rybakov, Filipp N.
Eriksson, Olle
Blügel, Stefan
Kiselev, Nikolai S.
author_facet Ghosh, Sumit
Katsumoto, Hiroshi
Bihlmayer, Gustav
Sallermann, Moritz
Kuchkin, Vladyslav M.
Rybakov, Filipp N.
Eriksson, Olle
Blügel, Stefan
Kiselev, Nikolai S.
contents Magnetic solitons have recently attracted significant attention due to their intricate physical properties and potential applications in information processing. The majority of the studies in this field, however, are focused on a particular type of solitons known as skyrmions, characterised by a unit topological charge. Here, we present a shifted magnetic bilayer that can demonstrate magnetic solitons with arbitrary large topological charges. These configurations, which we call linked skyrmions, consist of multiple skyrmions linked together with topological point defects. These topological point defects, termed as anti-aligned points, originate from the mutually orthogonal Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction in two different layers. By tuning the interlayer exchange coupling and the external magnetic field, one can also achieve different ground states in this bilayer. Additionally, the system also demonstrates conventional skyrmion-bags and $kπ$-skyrmions. Finally we propose a suitable material candidate where these magnetic configurations can be realised. Our findings, thus, can provide a way to achieve solitons with large topological charge and realise them in realistic systems.
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spellingShingle Linked skyrmions in shifted magnetic bilayer
Ghosh, Sumit
Katsumoto, Hiroshi
Bihlmayer, Gustav
Sallermann, Moritz
Kuchkin, Vladyslav M.
Rybakov, Filipp N.
Eriksson, Olle
Blügel, Stefan
Kiselev, Nikolai S.
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Magnetic solitons have recently attracted significant attention due to their intricate physical properties and potential applications in information processing. The majority of the studies in this field, however, are focused on a particular type of solitons known as skyrmions, characterised by a unit topological charge. Here, we present a shifted magnetic bilayer that can demonstrate magnetic solitons with arbitrary large topological charges. These configurations, which we call linked skyrmions, consist of multiple skyrmions linked together with topological point defects. These topological point defects, termed as anti-aligned points, originate from the mutually orthogonal Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction in two different layers. By tuning the interlayer exchange coupling and the external magnetic field, one can also achieve different ground states in this bilayer. Additionally, the system also demonstrates conventional skyrmion-bags and $kπ$-skyrmions. Finally we propose a suitable material candidate where these magnetic configurations can be realised. Our findings, thus, can provide a way to achieve solitons with large topological charge and realise them in realistic systems.
title Linked skyrmions in shifted magnetic bilayer
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.01491