Robust skyrmion nucleation and transport via composition gradient in rare earth-transition metal ferrimagnets
Abstract
Magnetic skyrmions are typically nucleated via localized excitation methods, such as laser heating, spin-orbit torques, or engineered defects, and their controlled transport is often limited by the skyrmion Hall effect. Here, we demonstrate that spatial gradients in rare-earth--transition-metal alloys, achievable through patterned laser writing, enable both deterministic nucleation and controlled transport. The strategy leverages engineered compositional gradient to cross the magnetization compensation point, defining regions with opposite magnetization. An out-of-plane magnetic field selectively reverses the magnetization, generating a skyrmion. Crucially, the same compositional design enables a channel tuned to the spin angular momentum compensation point, where skyrmions are driven by spin-orbit torques at high velocity with vanishing skyrmion Hall effect. Local composition variations act as pinning sites, enabling threshold-controlled trapping and release.
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BibTeX
@misc{diona2026robust,
title = {{Robust skyrmion nucleation and transport via composition gradient in rare earth-transition metal ferrimagnets}},
author = {Pietro Diona and Luca Maranzana and Sergey Artyukhin},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2610.11682},
eprint = {2610.11682},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.11682},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Robust skyrmion nucleation and transport via composition gradient in rare earth-transition metal ferrimagnets
AU - Pietro Diona
AU - Luca Maranzana
AU - Sergey Artyukhin
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/08
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2610.11682
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.11682
AB - Magnetic skyrmions are typically nucleated via localized excitation methods, such as laser heating, spin-orbit torques, or engineered defects, and their controlled transport is often limited by the skyrmion Hall effect. Here, we demonstrate that spatial gradients in rare-earth--transition-metal alloys, achievable through patterned laser writing, enable both deterministic nucleation and controlled transport. The strategy leverages engineered compositional gradient to cross the magnetization compensation point, defining regions with opposite magnetization. An out-of-plane magnetic field selectively reverses the magnetization, generating a skyrmion. Crucially, the same compositional design enables a channel tuned to the spin angular momentum compensation point, where skyrmions are driven by spin-orbit torques at high velocity with vanishing skyrmion Hall effect. Local composition variations act as pinning sites, enabling threshold-controlled trapping and release.
ER -