Current-Driven Dynamics of Magnetic Hopfions

被引：86

作者：

Wang, X. S. ^{[1
]}

Qaiumzadeh, A. ^{[1
]}

Brataas, A. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Norwegian Univ Sci & Technol, Ctr Quantum Spintron, Dept Phys, NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 2019年 / 123卷 / 14期

基金：

中国博士后科学基金; 欧洲研究理事会;

关键词：

SKYRMIONS; SOLITONS; MOTION;

D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.147203

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

Topological magnetic textures have attracted considerable interest since they exhibit new properties and might be useful in information technology. Magnetic hopfions are three-dimensional (3D) spatial variations in the magnetization with a nontrivial Hopf index. We find that, in ferromagnetic materials, two types of hopfions, Bloch-type and Neel-type hopfions, can be excited as metastable states in the presence of bulk and interfacial Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interactions, respectively. We further investigate how hopfions can be driven by currents via spin-transfer torques (STTs) and spin-Hall torques (SHTs). Distinct from 2D ferromagnetic skyrmions, hopfions have a vanishing gyrovector. Consequently, there are no undesirable Hall effects. Neel-type hopfions move along the current direction via both STT and SHT, while Bloch-type hopfions move either transverse to the current direction via SHT or parallel to the current direction via STT. Our findings open the door to utilizing hopfions as information carriers.

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