Volume 29, Issue 29
Communication

Observation of Various and Spontaneous Magnetic Skyrmionic Bubbles at Room Temperature in a Frustrated Kagome Magnet with Uniaxial Magnetic Anisotropy

Zhipeng Hou

Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190 China

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Weijun Ren

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E-mail address: wjren@imr.ac.cn

Shenyang Materials Science National Laboratory, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 72 Wenhua Road, Shenyang, 110016 China

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wjren@imr.ac.cn

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wenhong.wang@iphy.ac.cn

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Bei Ding

Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190 China

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Guizhou Xu

School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210094 China

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Yue Wang

Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190 China

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Bing Yang

Shenyang Materials Science National Laboratory, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 72 Wenhua Road, Shenyang, 110016 China

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Qiang Zhang

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Physical Science and Engineering (PSE), Thuwal, 23955‐6900 Saudi Arabia

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Ying Zhang

Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190 China

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Enke Liu

Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190 China

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Feng Xu

School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210094 China

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Wenhong Wang

Corresponding Author

E-mail address: wenhong.wang@iphy.ac.cn

Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190 China

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wjren@imr.ac.cn

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wenhong.wang@iphy.ac.cn

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Guangheng Wu

Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190 China

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Xixiang Zhang

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Physical Science and Engineering (PSE), Thuwal, 23955‐6900 Saudi Arabia

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Baogen Shen

Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190 China

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Zhidong Zhang

Shenyang Materials Science National Laboratory, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 72 Wenhua Road, Shenyang, 110016 China

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First published: 07 June 2017
Citations: 49

Abstract

The quest for materials hosting topologically protected skyrmionic spin textures continues to be fueled by the promise of novel devices. Although many materials have demonstrated the existence of such spin textures, major challenges remain to be addressed before devices based on magnetic skyrmions can be realized. For example, being able to create and manipulate skyrmionic spin textures at room temperature is of great importance for further technological applications because they can adapt to various external stimuli acting as information carriers in spintronic devices. Here, the first observation of skyrmionic magnetic bubbles with variable topological spin textures formed at room temperature in a frustrated kagome Fe3Sn2 magnet with uniaxial magnetic anisotropy is reported. The magnetization dynamics are investigated using in situ Lorentz transmission electron microscopy, revealing that the transformation between different magnetic bubbles and domains is via the motion of Bloch lines driven by an applied external magnetic field. These results demonstrate that Fe3Sn2 facilitates a unique magnetic control of topological spin textures at room temperature, making it a promising candidate for further skyrmion‐based spintronic devices.

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