Skyrmions Driven by Intrinsic Magnons

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Abstract

We study the dynamics of a Skyrmion in a magnetic insulating nanowire in the presence of time-dependent oscillating magnetic field gradients. These ac fields act as a net driving force on the Skyrmion via its own intrinsic magnetic excitations. In a microscopic quantum field theory approach, we include the unavoidable coupling of the external field to the magnons, which gives rise to time-dependent dissipation for the Skyrmion. We demonstrate that the magnetic ac field induces a super-Ohmic to Ohmic crossover behavior for the Skyrmion dissipation kernels with time-dependent Ohmic terms. The ac driving of the magnon bath at resonance results in a unidirectional helical propagation of the Skyrmion in addition to the otherwise periodic bounded motion.

Original languageEnglish
Article number237203
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume120
Issue number23
DOIs
StatePublished - 8 Jun 2018
Externally publishedYes

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  • General Physics and Astronomy

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