Unraveling the role of dipolar versus Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interactions in stabilizing compact magnetic skyrmions

Anne Bernand-Mantel; Cyrill B. Muratov; Thilo M. Simon

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.101.045416

Unraveling the role of dipolar versus Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interactions in stabilizing compact magnetic skyrmions

Anne Bernand-Mantel, Cyrill B. Muratov, Thilo M. Simon

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We present a theoretical study of compact magnetic skyrmions in ferromagnetic films with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy that accounts for the full stray field energy in the thin film and low interfacial Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI) regime. In this regime, the skyrmion profile is close to a Belavin-Polyakov profile, which yields analytical expressions for the equilibrium skyrmion radius and energy. The obtained formulas provide a clear identification of DMI and long-range dipolar interaction as two physical mechanisms determining skyrmion size and stability.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	045416
Journal	Physical Review B
Volume	101
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.101.045416
State	Published - Jan 14 2020

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics

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