Zheng, Fengshan
[Author];
Rybakov, Filipp N.
[Author];
Kiselev, Nikolai
[Author];
Song, Dongsheng
[Author];
Kovács, András
[Author];
Du, Haifeng
[Author];
Blügel, Stefan
[Author];
Dunin-Borkowski, Rafal E.
[Author]
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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
Magnetic skyrmion braids
Contributor:
Zheng, Fengshan
[Author];
Rybakov, Filipp N.
[Author];
Kiselev, Nikolai
[Author];
Song, Dongsheng
[Author];
Kovács, András
[Author];
Du, Haifeng
[Author];
Blügel, Stefan
[Author];
Dunin-Borkowski, Rafal E.
[Author]
imprint:
Nature Publishing Group UK, 2021
Published in:Nature Communications 12(1), 5316 (2021). doi:10.1038/s41467-021-25389-7
Language:
English
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25389-7
ISSN:
2041-1723
Origination:
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Description:
Skyrmions are vortex-like spin textures that form strings in magnetic crystals. Due to the analogy to elastic strings, skyrmion strings are naturally expected to braid and form complex three-dimensional patterns, but this phenomenon has not been explored yet. We found that skyrmion strings can form braids in cubic crystals of chiral magnets. This finding is confirmed by direct observations of skyrmion braids in B20-type FeGe using transmission electron microscopy. The theoretical analysis predicts that the discovered phenomenon is general for a wide family of chiral magnets. These findings have important implications for skyrmionics and propose a solid-state framework for applications of the mathematical theory of braids.