Manipulation of magnetic skyrmions with a scanning tunneling microscope

作者:Wieser, R.*; Shindou, R.; Xie, X. C.
来源:Physical Review B, 2017, 95(6): 064417.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevB.95.064417

摘要

The dynamics of a single magnetic skyrmion in an atomic spin system under the influence of a scanning tunneling microscope is investigated by computer simulations solving the Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert equation. Two possible scenarios are described: manipulation with aid of a spin-polarized tunneling current and by an electric field created by the scanning tunneling microscope. The dynamics during the creation and annihilation process is studied and the possibility to move single skyrmions is showed.