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TT: Fachverband Tiefe Temperaturen
TT 81: Correlated Electrons: Chiral Magnets
TT 81.1: Talk
Friday, March 24, 2017, 09:30–09:45, HSZ 304
Stability of Skyrmion in Chiral Magnets — •Alfonso Chacon1, Marco Halder1, Jonas Kindervater2, Andreas Bauer1, Sebastian Mühlbauer3, and Christian Pfleiderer1 — 1Technische Universität München, München, Germany — 2John Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA — 3Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum, Garching, Germany
The non-trivial topological winding of skyrmions in chiral magnets distinguishes them from conventional forms of magnetic order and micromagnetic textures. This topological protection of skyrmions promises a new route to advanced non-volatile high density data storage devices. We report a detailed study of the stability and the decay of skyrmion lattices in chiral magnets when prepared in a metastable state. We consider possible decay mechanisms and discuss the underlying energy scales associated with the topological protection.