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American Institute of Physics, Applied Physics Letters, 19(109), p. 192406, 2016

DOI: 10.1063/1.4967499

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Imaging and manipulation of skyrmion lattice domains in Cu2OSeO3

Journal article published in 2016 by S. L. Zhang, A. Bauer, H. Berger, C. Pfleiderer, G. van der Laan, T. Hesjedal ORCID
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
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Abstract

Nanoscale chiral skyrmions in noncentrosymmetric helimagnets are promising binary state variables in high-density, low-energy nonvolatile memory. Skyrmions are ubiquitous as an ordered, single-domain lattice phase, which makes it difficult to write information unless they are spatially broken up into smaller units, each representing a bit. Thus, the formation and manipulation of skyrmion lattice domains is a prerequisite for memory applications. Here, using an imaging technique based on resonant magnetic x-ray diffraction, we demonstrate the mapping and manipulation of skyrmion lattice domains in Cu2OSeO3. The material is particularly interesting for applications owing to its insulating nature, allowing for electric field-driven domain manipulation. ; Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures