Dynamics of Skyrmion Crystals in Metallic Thin Films

作者:Zang Jiadong*; Mostovoy Maxim; Han Jung Hoon; Nagaosa Naoto
来源:Physical Review Letters, 2011, 107(13): 136804.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.136804

摘要

We study the collective dynamics of the Skyrmion crystal in thin films of ferromagnetic metals resulting from the nontrivial Skyrmion topology. It is shown that the current-driven motion of the crystal reduces the topological Hall effect and the Skyrmion trajectories bend away from the direction of the electric current (the Skyrmion Hall effect). We find a new dissipation mechanism in noncollinear spin textures that can lead to a much faster spin relaxation than Gilbert damping, calculate the dispersion of phonons in the Skyrmion crystal, and discuss the effects of impurity pinning of Skyrmions.