Interlinking helical spin textures in nanopatterned chiral magnets
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| author | Turnbull, Luke Alexander Birch, Max Thomas Martínez, Marisel Di Pietro Yamamoto, Rikako Neethirajan, Jeffrey Ferreira, Marina Raboni Zhakina, Elina Binger, Hayden Jeffrey Choi, Young-Gwan Belkhou, Rachid Finizio, Simone Weigand, Markus Suess, Dieter Mayoh, Daniel Alexander Balakrishnan, Geetha Abert, Claas Wintz, Sebastian Donnelly, Claire |
| author_facet | Turnbull, Luke Alexander Birch, Max Thomas Martínez, Marisel Di Pietro Yamamoto, Rikako Neethirajan, Jeffrey Ferreira, Marina Raboni Zhakina, Elina Binger, Hayden Jeffrey Choi, Young-Gwan Belkhou, Rachid Finizio, Simone Weigand, Markus Suess, Dieter Mayoh, Daniel Alexander Balakrishnan, Geetha Abert, Claas Wintz, Sebastian Donnelly, Claire |
| contents | Nanoscale topologically non-trivial magnetization configurations generate significant interest due to both the fundamental properties of their knotted structures and their potential applications in ultra-efficient computing devices. While such textures have been widely studied in two dimensions, three-dimensional (3D) systems can yield more complex configurations, resulting in richer topologies and dynamic behaviors. However, reliably nucleating these 3D textures has proven challenging, and so far, 3D configurations such as vortex rings and hopfions can often only be observed forming spontaneously in relatively uncontrolled manners. Here, we demonstrate that through the 3D nanopatterning of chiral single crystal helimagnets into nano-tori, the controlled formation of a magnetic double helix can be achieved. This surface-localized topological state is stabilized by the interplay of intrinsic exchange interactions of the single crystal with the extrinsic emergent effects of the patterned geometry. These double helices host magnetic defects akin to supercoiling in circular DNA and climbing vines. We expect this study to serve as a foundation for future research combining single crystal systems with 3D nanopatterning, offering a new degree of control over emergent phenomena in nanoscale magnets and wider quantum material systems. |
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| spellingShingle | Interlinking helical spin textures in nanopatterned chiral magnets Turnbull, Luke Alexander Birch, Max Thomas Martínez, Marisel Di Pietro Yamamoto, Rikako Neethirajan, Jeffrey Ferreira, Marina Raboni Zhakina, Elina Binger, Hayden Jeffrey Choi, Young-Gwan Belkhou, Rachid Finizio, Simone Weigand, Markus Suess, Dieter Mayoh, Daniel Alexander Balakrishnan, Geetha Abert, Claas Wintz, Sebastian Donnelly, Claire Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Nanoscale topologically non-trivial magnetization configurations generate significant interest due to both the fundamental properties of their knotted structures and their potential applications in ultra-efficient computing devices. While such textures have been widely studied in two dimensions, three-dimensional (3D) systems can yield more complex configurations, resulting in richer topologies and dynamic behaviors. However, reliably nucleating these 3D textures has proven challenging, and so far, 3D configurations such as vortex rings and hopfions can often only be observed forming spontaneously in relatively uncontrolled manners. Here, we demonstrate that through the 3D nanopatterning of chiral single crystal helimagnets into nano-tori, the controlled formation of a magnetic double helix can be achieved. This surface-localized topological state is stabilized by the interplay of intrinsic exchange interactions of the single crystal with the extrinsic emergent effects of the patterned geometry. These double helices host magnetic defects akin to supercoiling in circular DNA and climbing vines. We expect this study to serve as a foundation for future research combining single crystal systems with 3D nanopatterning, offering a new degree of control over emergent phenomena in nanoscale magnets and wider quantum material systems. |
| title | Interlinking helical spin textures in nanopatterned chiral magnets |
| topic | Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.11372 |