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 Physics at Virginia

"Magnetic Skyrmions on a racetrack"


Hamed Vakili , University of Virginia - Physics
[Host: Avik Ghosh]
ABSTRACT:

Skyrmions are topologically protected magnetic quasi-particles. An isolate skyrmion is a metastable state of ferromagnet. The metastable state of skyrmions have a finite lifetime at non zero temperature which depends on energy barrier and attempt frequency. I will talk about how we are trying to calculate lifetime of skyrmion in candidate Heuslers compounds. Materials with different symmetry groups can support different kind of skyrmions (Bloch, Neel, Anti-skyrmion). We will see how this different types of symmetries can be used to control movements of a skyrmion. Also, we will look at how presence of point defects can effect dynamics of skyrmion, either for movement or nucleation. The ultimate goal is to figure out a compact analytical model for describing skyrmion movement and critical spin current needed for nucleation.

 

 

Condensed Matter Seminar
Wednesday, April 24, 2019
10:00 AM
Physics Building, Room 313
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