Skyrmion crystal phase on a magnetic domain wall in chiral magnets

We study a magnetic domain wall in the ferromagnetic phase in chiral magnets in two dimensions with an in-plane easy-axis anisotropy and an out-of-plane Zeeman magnetic field, and find a chiral soliton lattice (spiral) phase beside a ferromagnetic phase inside the domain line, where the former represents a domain-wall skyrmion crystal from the bulk point of view. We first determine the phase diagram on the domain wall by numerically constructing domain-wall solutions. We then analytically reproduce the phase diagram in a domain-wall theory (a chiral double sine-Gordon model) that we construct within the moduli approximation by treating the Zeeman magnetic field perturbatively. While we find good agreements between the phase diagrams of the numerical and effective theory methods, the numerical solution exhibits a decomposition of the topological charge into a bimeron which cannot be captured by the effective theory.

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Physical review. B./Physical review. B
Published
2025-04-24
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https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.111.134441
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5
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Magnetic properties of thin films
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Skyrmion crystal phase on a magnetic domain wall in chiral magnets

Muneto Nitta, Yuki Amari
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Physical review. B./Physical review. B
Magnetic properties of thin films
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Skyrmion crystal phase on a magnetic domain wall in chiral magnets

Muneto Nitta, Yuki Amari
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Abstract

We study a magnetic domain wall in the ferromagnetic phase in chiral magnets in two dimensions with an in-plane easy-axis anisotropy and an out-of-plane Zeeman magnetic field, and find a chiral soliton lattice (spiral) phase beside a ferromagnetic phase inside the domain line, where the former represents a domain-wall skyrmion crystal from the bulk point of view. We first determine the phase diagram on the domain wall by numerically constructing domain-wall solutions. We then analytically reproduce the phase diagram in a domain-wall theory (a chiral double sine-Gordon model) that we construct within the moduli approximation by treating the Zeeman magnetic field perturbatively. While we find good agreements between the phase diagrams of the numerical and effective theory methods, the numerical solution exhibits a decomposition of the topological charge into a bimeron which cannot be captured by the effective theory.

Physical review. B./Physical review. BVol. 111(13)
Hiroshima University (JP), Keio University (JP)
Hiroshima University, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Openalex Percentile: Top 4%
Magnetic properties of thin films
6.23
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