Magnetic Skyrmions and Their Applications
- 1st Edition - June 3, 2021
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- Editors: Giovanni Finocchio, Christos Panagopoulos
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 0 8 1 5 - 1
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 0 9 3 3 - 2
Magnetic skyrmions are particle-like objects described by localized solutions of non-linear partial differential equations. Up until a few decades ago, it was believed that ma… Read more
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Request a sales quoteMagnetic skyrmions are particle-like objects described by localized solutions of non-linear partial differential equations. Up until a few decades ago, it was believed that magnetic skyrmions only existed in condensed matter as short-term excitations that would quickly collapse into linear singularities. The contrary was proven theoretically in 1989 and evidentially in 2009. It is now known that skyrmions can exist as long-living metastable configurations in low-symmetry condensed matter systems with broken mirror symmetry, increasing the potential applications possible. Magnetic Skyrmions and their Applications delves into the fundamental principles and most recent research and developments surrounding these unique magnetic particles.
Despite achievements in the synthesis of systems stabilizing chiral magnetic skyrmions and the variety of experimental investigations and numerical calculations, there have not been many summaries of the fundamental physical principles governing magnetic skyrmions or integrating those concepts with methods of detection, characterization and potential applications. Magnetic Skyrmions and their Applications delivers a coherent, state-of-the-art discussion on the current knowledge and potential applications of magnetic skyrmions in magnetic materials and device applications.
First the book reviews key concepts such as topology, magnetism and materials for magnetic skyrmions. Then, charactization methods, physical mechanisms, and emerging applications are discussed.
- Covers background knowledge and details the basic principles of magnetic skyrmions, including materials, characterization, statics and dynamics
- Reviews materials for skyrmion stabilization including bulk materials and interface-dominated multilayer materials
- Describes both well-known and unconventional applications of magnetic skyrmions, such as memristors and reservoir computing
Materials Science and Engineering Physics; Engineering; Chemistry
1 Magnetism and topology
Andre' Thiaville, Jacques Miltat, and Stanislas Rohart
2 Materials for skyrmionics
Kai Litzius and Mathias Klaui
3 Characterizing magnetic skyrmions at their fundamental length and time scales
Peter Fischer and Sujoy Roy
4 Mapping the magnetic field of skyrmions and spin spirals by scanning probe microscopy
Hans J. Hug
5 Scanning probe microscopy methods for imaging skyrmions and spin spirals with atomic resolution
Hans J. Hug
6 Static properties of magnetic skyrmions
Roberto Zivieri and Oksana Chubykalo-Fesenko
7 Dynamics of magnetic skyrmions
Riccardo Tomasello, Luis Sa´nchez-Tejerina, and Mario Carpentieri
8 Electrical nucleation and detection of magnetic skyrmions
Felix Buttner and William Legrand
9 Topological Hall effect
Igor Rozhansky and Konstantin Denisov
10 Skyrmions in ferrimagnets
Xichao Zhang, Yan Zhou, and Seonghoon Woo
11 Skyrmions in antiferromagnets
Oleg A. Tretiakov
12 Multiple skyrmionic states and oblique spirals in bulk cubic helimagnets
Andrey O. Leonov and Catherine Pappas
13 Conventional applications of skyrmions
Xichao Zhang, Jing Xia, Laichuan Shen, Motohiko Ezawa, Xiaoxi Liu, and Yan Zhou
14 Unconventional applications of skyrmions
Wang Kang, Sai Li, Xing Chen, Daoqian Zhu, Xueying Zhang, Na Lei, and Weisheng Zhao
15 Introduction to topology
Gabriele Bonanno and Giuseppina D’Aguı`
- Edition: 1
- Published: June 3, 2021
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- No. of pages: 470
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128208151
- eBook ISBN: 9780128209332
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Giovanni Finocchio
Giovanni Finocchio received his PhD in advanced technologies for optoelectronics, photonics, and electromagnetic modeling from the University of Messina in 2005, where he is now Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and director of PETAscale computing and SPINtronic laboratory. He has coauthored more than 180 articles and given more than 100 invited talks on magnetic-related topics. He is Chair of the Italy chapter of IEEE Magnetics Society since 2019, and AdCom member of IEEE Magnetic Society for 2020–2022.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Messina, Universita degli Studi, Messina, ItalyCP
Christos Panagopoulos
Christos Panagopoulos received his PhD from the University of Cambridge (Trinity College) in 1997. He is a professor of physics at Nanyang Technological University and an investigator at the National Research Foundation, both in Singapore. His research connects the quantum architecture of materials directly with new quantum device responses. He has published more than 100 articles in this field of research and presented more than 200 invited lectures at international conferences and universities.
Affiliations and expertise
Research Professor, Division of Physics and Applied Physics, Department of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, SingaporeRead Magnetic Skyrmions and Their Applications on ScienceDirect