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Wiley, Advanced Materials, 16(36), 2024

DOI: 10.1002/adma.202311737

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Bloch Point Quadrupole Constituting Hybrid Topological Strings Revealed with Electron Holographic Vector Field Tomography

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Abstract

AbstractTopological magnetic (anti)skyrmions are robust string‐like objects heralded as potential components in next‐generation topological spintronics devices due to their low‐energy manipulability via stimuli such as magnetic fields, heat, and electric/thermal current. While these 2D topological objects are widely studied, intrinsically 3D electron‐spin real‐space topology remains less explored despite its prevalence in bulky magnets. 2D‐imaging studies reveal peculiar vortex‐like contrast in the core regions of spin textures present in antiskyrmion‐hosting thin plate magnets with S4 crystal symmetry, suggesting a more complex 3D real‐space structure than the 2D model suggests. Here, holographic vector field electron tomography captures the 3D structure of antiskyrmions in a single‐crystal, precision‐doped (Fe0.63Ni0.3Pd0.07)3P (FNPP) lamellae at room temperature and zero field. These measurements reveal hybrid string‐like solitons composed of skyrmions with topological number W = −1 on the lamellae's surfaces and an antiskyrmion (W = + 1) connecting them. High‐resolution images uncover a Bloch point quadrupole (four magnetic (anti)monopoles that are undetectable in 2D imaging) which enables the observed lengthwise topological transitions. Numerical calculations corroborate the stability of hybrid strings over their conventional (anti)skyrmion counterparts. Hybrid strings result in topological tuning, a tunable topological Hall effect, and the suppression of skyrmion Hall motion, disrupting existing paradigms within spintronics.