Stability and Spin Waves of Skyrmion Tubes in Curved FeGe Nanowires
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Micromagnetic Simulations
3. Results
3.1. Dynamic Susceptibility for Straight Nanowires ()
3.2. Dynamic Susceptibility for Curved Nanowires ()
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A
#####Part of code to define the geometry with n=6##### angle:=angles*(pi/180) angle_:=(90+angles)*(pi/180) x := R_cur*sin(angle) y := 0 z := R_cur*cos(angle) Cilin_T := Cylinder(d_mon, h_mon).roty(angle_) .transl(x,y,z).transl(-0.88*R_cur,0,0) istep := 1 for i:=0; i<=angles; i+=istep{ theta:=i*(pi/180) x := R_cur*sin(angle+theta) y := 0 z := R_cur*cos(angle+theta) Cilin := Cylinder(d_mon, h_mon).roty(angle_+theta).transl(x,y,z) .transl(-0.88*R_cur,0,0) Cilin_T=(Cilin_T.add(Cilin)) } ######Part of code to define the initial magnetization with n=6##### for i:=0; i<=angles; i+=istep{ theta:= i*(pi/180) x := R_cur*sin(angle+theta) y := 0 z := R_cur*cos(angle+theta) m.setinshape(Cylinder(d_mon, h_mon).roty(angle_+theta).transl(x,y,z) .transl(-0.88*R_cur,0,0), BlochSkyrmion(1,-1) .transl(x,y,z).transl(-0.88*R_cur,0,0))}
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Garrido-Tamayo, M.-A.; Saavedra, E.; Saji, C.; Guevara, U.; Pérez, L.M.; Pedraja-Rejas, L.; Díaz, P.; Laroze, D. Stability and Spin Waves of Skyrmion Tubes in Curved FeGe Nanowires. Nanomaterials 2024, 14, 1468. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano14181468
Garrido-Tamayo M-A, Saavedra E, Saji C, Guevara U, Pérez LM, Pedraja-Rejas L, Díaz P, Laroze D. Stability and Spin Waves of Skyrmion Tubes in Curved FeGe Nanowires. Nanomaterials. 2024; 14(18):1468. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano14181468
Chicago/Turabian StyleGarrido-Tamayo, Miguel-Angel, Eduardo Saavedra, Carlos Saji, Ulises Guevara, Laura M. Pérez, Liliana Pedraja-Rejas, Pablo Díaz, and David Laroze. 2024. "Stability and Spin Waves of Skyrmion Tubes in Curved FeGe Nanowires" Nanomaterials 14, no. 18: 1468. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano14181468