Controllable skyrmion chirality in ferroelectrics

Tikhonov, Yu; Kondovych, S.; Mangeri, J.; Pavlenko, M.; Baudry, L.; Sene, A.; Galda, A.; Nakhmanson, S.; Heinonen, O.; Razumnaya, A.; Luk'Yanchuk, I; Vinokur, V. M.

Document type :

Article dans une revue scientifique

DOI :

10.1038/s41598-020-65291-8

PMID :

32457537

Title :

Controllable skyrmion chirality in ferroelectrics

Author(s) :

Tikhonov, Yu [Auteur]
Southern Federal University [Rostov-on-Don] [SFEDU]
Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée - UR UPJV 2081 [LPMC]
Kondovych, S. [Auteur]
Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée - UR UPJV 2081 [LPMC]
Mangeri, J. [Auteur]
Eastern Connecticut State University
Pavlenko, M. [Auteur]
Southern Federal University [Rostov-on-Don] [SFEDU]
Baudry, L. [Auteur]
SImuLation PHYsique de Dispositifs Electroniques et opto-electroniques - IEMN [SILPHYDE - IEMN]
Sene, A. [Auteur]
Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée - UR UPJV 2081 [LPMC]
Galda, A. [Auteur]
James Franck Institute
Nakhmanson, S. [Auteur]
University of Connecticut [UCONN]
Heinonen, O. [Auteur]
Argonne National Laboratory [Lemont] [ANL]
Razumnaya, A. [Auteur]
Southern Federal University [Rostov-on-Don] [SFEDU]
Luk'Yanchuk, I [Auteur]
Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière Condensée - UR UPJV 2081 [LPMC]
Vinokur, V. M. []
University of Chicago

Journal title :

SCIENTIFIC REPORTS

Pages :

8657

Publisher :

Nature Publishing Group

Publication date :

2020

ISSN :

2045-2322

English keyword(s) :

Ferroelectrics and multiferroics
Topological matter

HAL domain(s) :

Physique [physics]/Matière Condensée [cond-mat]

English abstract : [en]

Chirality, an intrinsic handedness, is one of the most intriguing fundamental phenomena in nature. Materials composed of chiral molecules find broad applications in areas ranging from nonlinear optics and spintronics to ...
Show more >Chirality, an intrinsic handedness, is one of the most intriguing fundamental phenomena in nature. Materials composed of chiral molecules find broad applications in areas ranging from nonlinear optics and spintronics to biology and pharmaceuticals. However, chirality is usually an invariable inherent property of a given material that cannot be easily changed at will. Here, we demonstrate that ferroelectric nanodots support skyrmions the chirality of which can be controlled and switched. We devise protocols for realizing control and efficient manipulations of the different types of skyrmions. Our findings open the route for controlled chirality with potential applications in ferroelectric-based information technologies.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Peer reviewed article :

Oui

Audience :

Internationale

Popular science :

Non

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