Emergent electrodynamics of skyrmions in a chiral magnet

Details Emergent electrodynamics of skyrmions in a chiral magnet Emergent electrodynamics of skyrmions in a chiral magnet

2012-02-06

arxiv.org/abs/1202.1176v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

24 pages, supplementary information file included

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When an electron moves in a smoothly varying non-collinear magnetic structure, its spin-orientation adapts constantly, thereby inducing forces that act on both the magnetic structure and the electron. These forces may be described by electric and magnetic fields of an emergent electrodynamics. The topologically quantized winding number of so-called skyrmions, i.e., certain magnetic whirls, discovered recently in chiral magnets are theoretically predicted to induce exactly one quantum of emergent magnetic flux per skyrmion. A moving skyrmion is therefore expected to induce an emergent electric field following Faraday's law of induction, which inherits this topological quantization. Here we report Hall effect measurements, which establish quantitatively the predicted emergent electrodynamics. This allows to obtain quantitative evidence of the depinning of skyrmions from impurities at ultra-low current densities of only 10^6 A/m^2 and their subsequent motion. The combination of exceptionally small current densities and simple transport measurements offers fundamental insights into the connection between emergent and real electrodynamics of skyrmions in chiral magnets, and promises to be important for applications in the long-term.

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