Dynamic transition and Galilean relativity of current-driven skyrmions

被引:6
作者
Birch, Max T. [1 ]
Belopolski, Ilya [1 ]
Fujishiro, Yukako [1 ]
Kawamura, Minoru [1 ]
Kikkawa, Akiko [1 ]
Taguchi, Yasujiro [1 ]
Hirschberger, Max [1 ,2 ]
Nagaosa, Naoto [1 ,3 ]
Tokura, Yoshinori [1 ,2 ,4 ]
机构
[1] RIKEN Ctr Emergent Matter Sci CEMS, Wako, Japan
[2] Univ Tokyo, Dept Appl Phys, Tokyo, Japan
[3] RIKEN Fundamental Quantum Sci Program, Wako, Japan
[4] Univ Tokyo, Tokyo Coll, Tokyo, Japan
关键词
BERRY PHASE; LATTICE; CHARGE;
D O I
10.1038/s41586-024-07859-2
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
The coupling of conduction electrons and magnetic textures leads to quantum transport phenomena described by the language of emergent electromagnetic fields1-3. For magnetic skyrmions, spin-swirling particle-like objects, an emergent magnetic field is produced by their topological winding4-6, resulting in the conduction electrons exhibiting the topological Hall effect (THE)7. When the skyrmion lattice (SkL) acquires a drift velocity under conduction electron flow, an emergent electric field is also generated8,9. The resulting emergent electrodynamics dictate the magnitude of the THE by the relative motion of SkL and conduction electrons. Here we report the emergent electrodynamics induced by SkL motion in Gd2PdSi3, facilitated by its giant THE10,11. With increasing current excitation, we observe the dynamic transition of the SkL motion from the pinned to creep regime and finally to the flow regime, in which the THE is totally suppressed. We argue that the Galilean relativity required for the total cancellation of the THE may be generically recovered in the flow regime, even in complex multiband systems such as the present compound. Moreover, the observed THE voltages are large enough to enable real-time measurement of the SkL velocity-current profile, which shows the inertial-like motion of the SkL in the creep regime, appearing as the current hysteresis of the skyrmion velocity. The emergent electrodynamics induced by skyrmion lattice motion in Gd2PdSi3 is facilitated by its giant topological Hall effect dynamic transition, and implies the emergent Galilean relativity of current-driven skyrmions.
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页码:554 / 559
页数:6
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