Imaging the coupling between itinerant electrons and localised moments in the centrosymmetric skyrmion magnet GdRu2Si2

Imaging the coupling between itinerant electrons and localised moments in the centrosymmetric skyrmion magnet GdRu2Si2

GdRu2Si2 can host magnetic skyrmions, however, it does not have inversion symmetry breaking, a feature usually assumed necessary for skyrmion formation. Using scanning tunnelling microscopy, the authors visualise the double-Q structure in the itinerant electrons that mediate the skyrmion formation.

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Main Authors: Yuuki Yasui, Christopher J. Butler, Nguyen Duy Khanh, Satoru Hayami, Takuya Nomoto, Tetsuo Hanaguri, Yukitoshi Motome, Ryotaro Arita, Taka-hisa Arima, Yoshinori Tokura, Shinichiro Seki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19751-4

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19751-4

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