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ArticleScience advances2024

Quantifying the topology of magnetic skyrmions in three dimensions.

David Raftrey, Simone Finizio, Rajesh V Chopdekar, Scott Dhuey, Temuujin Bayaraa, Paul Ashby, Jörg Raabe, Tiffany Santos, Sinéad Griffin, Peter Fischer

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  4. Transient Antiskyrmion-Mediated Topological Transitions in Isotropic Magnets.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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10 authors.

David RaftreyMaterials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8339-5383
Simone FinizioSwiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-1792-0626
Rajesh V ChopdekarWestern Digital Research Center, Western Digital Corporation, San Jose, CA 95119, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6727-6501
Scott DhueyMolecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9185-2510
Temuujin BayaraaMaterials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0018-3412
Paul AshbyMolecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4195-310X
Jörg RaabeSwiss Light Source, Paul Scherrer Institute, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-2071-6896
Tiffany SantosWestern Digital Research Center, Western Digital Corporation, San Jose, CA 95119, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7427-3744
Sinéad GriffinMaterials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9943-4866
Peter FischerMaterials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9824-9343

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Magnetic skyrmions have so far been treated as two-dimensional spin structures characterized by a topological winding number. However, in real systems with the finite thickness of the device material being larger than the magnetic exchange length, the skyrmion spin texture extends into the third dimension and cannot be assumed as homogeneous. Using soft x-ray laminography, we reconstruct with about 20-nanometer spatial (voxel) size the full three-dimensional spin texture of a skyrmion in an 800-nanometer-diameter and 95-nanometer-thin disk patterned into a 30× [iridium/cobalt/platinum] multilayered film. A quantitative analysis finds that the evolution of the radial profile of the topological skyrmion number is nonuniform across the thickness of the disk. Estimates of the micromagnetic energy densities suggest that the changes in topological profile are related to nonuniform competing energetic interactions. Our results provide a foundation for nanoscale metrology for spintronics devices using topology as a design parameter.

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