Driving magnetic skyrmions with microwave fields
Driving magnetic skyrmions with microwave fields
We show theoretically by numerically solving the Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert equation with a classical spin model on a two-dimensional system that both magnetic skyrmions and skyrmion lattices can be moved with microwave magnetic fields. The mechanism is enabled by breaking the axial symmetry of the skyrmion, for example, through application of a static in-plane external field. The net velocity of the skyrmion depends on the frequency and amplitude of the microwave fields as well as the strength of the in-plane field. The maximum velocity is found where the frequency of the microwave coincides with the resonance frequency of the breathing mode of the skyrmions
Wang, Weiwei
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Beg, Marijan
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Zhang, Bin
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Kuch, Wolfgang
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Fangohr, Hans
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July 2015
Wang, Weiwei
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Beg, Marijan
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Zhang, Bin
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Kuch, Wolfgang
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Fangohr, Hans
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Wang, Weiwei, Beg, Marijan, Zhang, Bin, Kuch, Wolfgang and Fangohr, Hans
(2015)
Driving magnetic skyrmions with microwave fields.
Physical Review B, 92 (2), [020403(R)].
(doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.92.020403).
Abstract
We show theoretically by numerically solving the Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert equation with a classical spin model on a two-dimensional system that both magnetic skyrmions and skyrmion lattices can be moved with microwave magnetic fields. The mechanism is enabled by breaking the axial symmetry of the skyrmion, for example, through application of a static in-plane external field. The net velocity of the skyrmion depends on the frequency and amplitude of the microwave fields as well as the strength of the in-plane field. The maximum velocity is found where the frequency of the microwave coincides with the resonance frequency of the breathing mode of the skyrmions
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e-pub ahead of print date: 8 July 2015
Published date: July 2015
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