Skyrmion soliton motion on periodic substrates by atomistic and particle based simulations
Autor: | Souza, J. C. B., Vizarim, N. P., Reichhardt, C. J. O., Reichhardt, C., Venegas, P. A. |
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Rok vydání: | 2024 |
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Druh dokumentu: | Working Paper |
Popis: | We compare the dynamical behavior of magnetic skyrmions interacting with square and triangular defect arrays just above commensuration using both an atomistic model and a particle-based model. Under an applied drive, the initial motion is a kink traveling through the pinned skyrmion lattice. For the square defect array, both models agree well and show a regime in which the soliton motion is locked along 45$^\circ$. The atomistic model also produces locking of a soliton along 30$^\circ$, while the particle-based model does not. For the triangular defect array, the atomistic model exhibits soliton motion locked to 30$^\circ$ over a wide region of external driving force values. In contrast, the particle-based model gives soliton motion locked to 45$^\circ$ over only a small range of external driving force values. The difference arises because the nondeforming particle model facilitates meandering skyrmion orbits while the deformable atomistic model enables stronger skyrmion-skyrmion interactions that reduce the meandering. Our results indicate that soliton motion through pinned skyrmion lattices on a periodic substrate is a robust effect and could open the possibility of using solitons as information carriers. Our results also provide a better understanding of the regimes for which particle-based models of skyrmions are best suited. Comment: 7 pages, 5 figures |
Databáze: | arXiv |
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