Slow steady flow of a skyrmion lattice in a confined geometry probed by resistance narrow-band noise

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العنوان: Slow steady flow of a skyrmion lattice in a confined geometry probed by resistance narrow-band noise
المؤلفون: Sato, Takuro, Koshibae, Wataru, Kikkawa, Akiko, Yokouchi, Tomoyuki, Oike, Hiroshi, Taguchi, Yasujiro, Nagaosa, Naoto, Tokura, Yoshinori, Kagawa, Fumitaka
المصدر: Phys.Rev.B 100, 094410 (2019)
سنة النشر: 2020
المجموعة: Condensed Matter
مصطلحات موضوعية: Condensed Matter - Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
الوصف: Using resistance fluctuation spectroscopy, we observe current-induced narrow-band noise (NBN) in the magnetic skyrmion-lattice phase of micrometer-sized MnSi. The NBN appears only when electric-current density exceeds a threshold value, indicating that the current-driven motion of the skyrmion lattice triggers the NBN. The observed NBN frequency is 10-10$^4$ Hz at $\sim$10$^{9}$ A/m$^{2}$, implying a skyrmion steady flow velocity of 1-100 $\mu$m/s, 3-5 orders of magnitude slower than previously reported. The temperature evolution of the NBN frequency suggests that the steady flow entails thermally activated processes, which are most likely due to skyrmion creation and annihilation at the sample edges. This scenario is qualitatively supported by our numerical simulations considering boundary effects, which reveals that the edges limit the steady flow of skyrmions, especially at low temperatures. We discuss a mechanism that dramatically slows the skyrmion steady flow in a microfabricated specimen.
Comment: 5 pages, 4 figures
نوع الوثيقة: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.100.094410
URL الوصول: http://arxiv.org/abs/2004.07062
رقم الانضمام: edsarx.2004.07062
قاعدة البيانات: arXiv
الوصف
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.100.094410