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Perspective: Magnetic skyrmions—Overview of recent progress in an active research field
Mathias KläuiRobert M. ReeveKarin Everschor-sitteJan Masellsubject
Computer scienceSkyrmion0103 physical sciencesPerspective (graphical)General Physics and Astronomy02 engineering and technology021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology010306 general physics0210 nano-technology01 natural sciencesData scienceField (computer science)description
Within a decade, the field of magnetic skyrmionics has developed from a niche prediction to a huge and active research field. Not only do magnetic skyrmions—magnetic whirls with a unique topology—reveal fundamentally new physics, but they have also risen to prominence as up-and-coming candidates for next-generation high-density efficient information encoding. Within a few years, it has been possible to efficiently create, manipulate, and destroy nanometer-size skyrmions in device-compatible materials at room-temperature by all electrical means. Despite the incredibly rapid progress, several challenges still remain to obtain fully functional and competitive skyrmion devices, as discussed in this perspective article with a focus on recent results.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-12-28 | Journal of Applied Physics |