2018
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-33780-6
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Composite topological structure of domain walls in synthetic antiferromagnets

Abstract: We experimentally study the structure and dynamics of magnetic domains in synthetic antiferromagnets based on Co/Ru/Co films. Dramatic effects arise from the interaction among the topological defects comprising the dual domain walls in these structures. Under applied magnetic fields, the dual domain walls propagate following the dynamics of bi-meronic (bi-vortex/bi-antivortex) topological defects built in the walls. Application of an external field triggers a rich dynamical response: The propagation depends on… Show more

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“…Similar to the magnetic skyrmion, the magnetic bimeron is a topological spin texture in in-plane magnetized system [10,33,[46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59], which carries an integer topological charge Q and can be regarded as a topological counterpart of skyrmions. An isolated bimeron with Q = 1 consists of a pair of merons with Q = 1/2, however, merons are unstable solutions so that they exist in magnetic systems in the form of pairs [47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59]. Note that the concept of meron was originated in classical field theory [60], and has been studied in different fields, such as quantum Hall systems [61,62].…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Similar to the magnetic skyrmion, the magnetic bimeron is a topological spin texture in in-plane magnetized system [10,33,[46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59], which carries an integer topological charge Q and can be regarded as a topological counterpart of skyrmions. An isolated bimeron with Q = 1 consists of a pair of merons with Q = 1/2, however, merons are unstable solutions so that they exist in magnetic systems in the form of pairs [47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56][57][58][59]. Note that the concept of meron was originated in classical field theory [60], and has been studied in different fields, such as quantum Hall systems [61,62].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…These spin textures are topologicallyprotected, and can be effectively manipulated by spin currents 8,9 or electric field 10,11 , thus may serve as an ideal information carriers. In recent years, the in-plane analog of a magnetic skyrmion, named a magnetic bimeron, is gaining a lot of attention [12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23] . The topologically nontrivial square meron lattice has been experimentally observed in the chiral magnet Co 8 Zn 9 Mn 3…”
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confidence: 99%
“…The existence of magnetic skyrmions has been experimentally found in many systems with bulk or interfacial Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI) [2][3][4][5]. In addition, various topological structures, such as antiferromagnetic (AFM) skyrmion [11,12], ferrimagnetic skyrmion [13], antiskyrmion [14], biskyrmion [15], bobber [16], and bimeron [8,[17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29], are also current hot topics. In particular, a bimeron consists of two merons, which can be found in easy-plane magnets [8,18,20,28], frustrated magnets [21], and magnets with anisotropic DMI [26].…”
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