I16-Materials and Magnetism
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Diamond Proposal Number(s):
[31813, 35465]
Open Access
Abstract: Materials exhibiting a spontaneous reversal of spin chirality have the potential to drive the widespread adoption of chiral magnets in spintronic devices. Unlike the majority of chiral magnets that require the application of an external field to reverse the spin chirality, we observe the spin chirality to spontaneously reverse in the topological magnet EuAl4. Using resonant elastic x-ray scattering we demonstrate that all four magnetic phases in EuAl4 are single-k, where the first two magnetic phases are characterized by spin density wave order and the last two by helical spin order. A single spin chirality was stabilised across the 1mm2 sample, and the reversal of spin chirality occurred whilst maintaining a helical magnetic structure. At the onset of the helical magnetism, the crystal symmetry lowers to a chiral monoclinic space group, explaining the asymmetry in the chiral spin order, and establishing a mechanism by which the spin chirality could reverse via magnetostructural coupling.
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Sep 2024
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I21-Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering (RIXS)
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Izabela
Bialo
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Leonardo
Martinelli
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Gabriele
De Luca
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Paul
Worm
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Annabella
Drewanowski
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Simon
Jöhr
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Jaewon
Choi
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Mirian
Garcia-Fernandez
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Stefano
Agrestini
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Ke-Jin
Zhou
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Kurt
Kummer
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Nicholas B.
Brookes
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Luo
Guo
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Anthony
Edgeton
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Chang B.
Eom
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Jan M.
Tomczak
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Karsten
Held
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Marta
Gibert
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Qisi
Wang
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Johan
Chang
Diamond Proposal Number(s):
[30189]
Open Access
Abstract: Magnetic frustration is a route for novel ground states, including spin liquids and spin ices. Such frustration can be introduced through either lattice geometry or incompatible exchange interactions. Here, we find that epitaxial strain is an effective tool for tuning antiferromagnetic exchange interactions in a square-lattice system. By studying the magnon excitations in La2NiO4 films using resonant inelastic x-ray scattering, we show that the magnon displays substantial dispersion along the antiferromagnetic zone boundary, at energies that depend on the lattice of the film’s substrate. Using first principles simulations and an effective spin model, we demonstrate that the antiferromagnetic next-nearest neighbour coupling is a consequence of the two-orbital nature of La2NiO4. Altogether, we illustrate that compressive epitaxial strain enhances this coupling and, as a result, increases the level of incompatibility between exchange interactions within a model square-lattice system.
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Jul 2024
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B18-Core EXAFS
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Brendan
Kettle
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Cary
Colgan
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Eva E.
Los
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Elias
Gerstmayr
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Matthew J. V.
Streeter
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Felicie
Albert
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Sam
Astbury
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Rory A.
Baggott
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Niall
Cavanagh
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Kateřina
Falk
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Tim
Hyde
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Olle
Lundh
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P. Pattathil
Rajeev
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Dave
Riley
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Steven J.
Rose
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Gianluca
Sarri
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Chris
Spindloe
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Kristoffer
Svendsen
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Dan R.
Symes
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Michal
Šmíd
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Alec G. R.
Thomas
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Chris
Thornton
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Robbie
Watt
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Stuart P. D.
Mangles
Open Access
Abstract: Laser-driven compact particle accelerators can provide ultrashort pulses of broadband X-rays, well suited for undertaking X-ray absorption spectroscopy measurements on a femtosecond timescale. Here the Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure (EXAFS) features of the K-edge of a copper sample have been observed over a 250 eV window in a single shot using a laser wakefield accelerator, providing information on both the electronic and ionic structure simultaneously. This capability will allow the investigation of ultrafast processes, and in particular, probing high-energy-density matter and physics far-from-equilibrium where the sample refresh rate is slow and shot number is limited. For example, states that replicate the tremendous pressures and temperatures of planetary bodies or the conditions inside nuclear fusion reactions. Using high-power lasers to pump these samples also has the advantage of being inherently synchronised to the laser-driven X-ray probe. A perspective on the additional strengths of a laboratory-based ultrafast X-ray absorption source is presented.
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Jul 2024
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I05-ARPES
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Diamond Proposal Number(s):
[31246]
Open Access
Abstract: In continuation of research into RuCl3 and RuBr3 as potential quantum spin liquids, a phase with unique magnetic order characterised by long-range quantum entanglement and fractionalised excitations, the compound RuI3 has been recently synthesised. Here, we show RuI3 is a moderately correlated metal with two bands crossing the Fermi level, implying the absence of any quantum spin liquids phase. We find that the Fermi surface as measured or calculated for a 2D (kx, ky) slice at any kz lacks mirror symmetry, i.e. is pseudochiral. We link this phenomenon to the ABC stacking in the R space group of α-RuI3, which is achiral but lacks any mirror or glide symmetries. We further provide a formal framework for understanding when such a pseudochiral electronic structure may be observed.
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Jan 2024
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I05-ARPES
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Diamond Proposal Number(s):
[30564, 29118]
Open Access
Abstract: Iron-chalcogenide superconductors display rich phenomena caused by orbital-dependent band shifts and electronic correlations. Additionally, they are potential candidates for topological superconductivity due to the band inversion between the Fe d bands and the chalcogen pz band. Here we present a detailed study of the electronic structure of the nematic superconductors FeSe1−xTex (0 < x < 0.4) using angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy to understand the role of orbital-dependent band shifts, electronic correlations and the chalcogen band. We assess the changes in the effective masses using a three-band low energy model, and the band renormalization via comparison with DFT band structure calculations. The effective masses decrease for all three-hole bands inside the nematic phase, followed by a strong increase for the band with dxy orbital character. Interestingly, this nearly-flat dxy band becomes more correlated as it shifts towards the Fermi level with increasing Te concentrations and as the second superconducting dome emerges. Our findings suggests that the dxy hole band, which is very sensitive to the chalcogen height, could be involved in promoting an additional pairing channel and increasing the density of states to stabilize the second superconducting dome in FeSe1−xTex. This simultaneous shift of the dxy hole band and enhanced superconductivity is in contrast with FeSe1−xSx.
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Dec 2023
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I05-ARPES
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Masafumi
Horio
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Filomena
Forte
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Denys
Sutter
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Minjae
Kim
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Claudia G.
Fatuzzo
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Christian E.
Matt
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Simon
Moser
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Tetsuya
Wada
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Veronica
Granata
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Rosalba
Fittipaldi
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Yasmine
Sassa
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Gianmarco
Gatti
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Henrik M.
Ronnow
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Moritz
Hoesch
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Timur K.
Kim
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Chris
Jozwiak
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Aaron
Bostwick
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Eli
Rotenberg
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Iwao
Matsuda
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Antoine
Georges
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Giorgio
Sangiovanni
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Antonio
Vecchione
,
Mario
Cuoco
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Johan
Chang
Diamond Proposal Number(s):
[10550]
Open Access
Abstract: Doped Mott insulators are the starting point for interesting physics such as high temperature superconductivity and quantum spin liquids. For multi-band Mott insulators, orbital selective ground states have been envisioned. However, orbital selective metals and Mott insulators have been difficult to realize experimentally. Here we demonstrate by photoemission spectroscopy how Ca2RuO4, upon alkali-metal surface doping, develops a single-band metal skin. Our dynamical mean field theory calculations reveal that homogeneous electron doping of Ca2RuO4 results in a multi-band metal. All together, our results provide evidence for an orbital-selective Mott insulator breakdown, which is unachievable via simple electron doping. Supported by a cluster model and cluster perturbation theory calculations, we demonstrate a type of skin metal-insulator transition induced by surface dopants that orbital-selectively hybridize with the bulk Mott state and in turn produce coherent in-gap states.
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Nov 2023
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Adam
Doherty
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Sylvain
Fourmaux
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Alberto
Astolfo
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Ralf F.
Ziesche
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Jonathan
Wood
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Oliver
Finlay
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Wiebe
Stolpe
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Darren
Batey
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Ingo
Manke
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François
Légaré
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Matthieu
Boone
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Dan
Symes
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Zulfikar
Najmudin
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Marco
Endrizzi
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Alessandro
Olivo
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Silvia
Cipiccia
Open Access
Abstract: Laser-plasma accelerators are compact linear accelerators based on the interaction of high-power lasers with plasma to form accelerating structures up to 1000 times smaller than standard radiofrequency cavities, and they come with an embedded X-ray source, namely betatron source, with unique properties: small source size and femtosecond pulse duration. A still unexplored possibility to exploit the betatron source comes from combining it with imaging methods able to encode multiple information like transmission and phase into a single-shot acquisition approach. In this work, we combine edge illumination-beam tracking (EI-BT) with a betatron X-ray source and present the demonstration of multimodal imaging (transmission, refraction, and scattering) with a compact light source down to the femtosecond timescale. The advantage of EI-BT is that it allows multimodal X-ray imaging technique, granting access to transmission, refraction and scattering signals from standard low-coherence laboratory X-ray sources in a single shot.
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Oct 2023
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I06-Nanoscience (XPEEM)
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I. T.
Vidamour
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C.
Swindells
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G.
Venkat
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L.
Manneschi
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P. W.
Fry
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A.
Welbourne
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R. M.
Rowan-Robinson
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D.
Backes
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F.
Maccherozzi
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S. S.
Dhesi
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E.
Vasilaki
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D. A.
Allwood
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T. J.
Hayward
Diamond Proposal Number(s):
[30282]
Open Access
Abstract: In-materia reservoir computing (RC) leverages the intrinsic physical responses of functional materials to perform complex computational tasks. Magnetic metamaterials are exciting candidates for RC due to their huge state space, nonlinear emergent dynamics, and non-volatile memory. However, to be suitable for a broad range of tasks, the material system is required to exhibit a broad range of properties, and isolating these behaviours experimentally can often prove difficult. By using an electrically accessible device consisting of an array of interconnected magnetic nanorings- a system shown to exhibit complex emergent dynamics- here we show how reconfiguring the reservoir architecture allows exploitation of different aspects the system’s dynamical behaviours. This is evidenced through state-of-the-art performance in diverse benchmark tasks with very different computational requirements, highlighting the additional computational configurability that can be obtained by altering the input/output architecture around the material system.
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Aug 2023
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I13-2-Diamond Manchester Imaging
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Francesca
Palermo
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Nicola
Pieroni
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Alessia
Sanna
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Benedetta
Parodi
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Consuelo
Venturi
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Ginevra
Begani Provinciali
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Lorenzo
Massimi
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Laura
Maugeri
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Gian Paolo
Marra
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Elena
Longo
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Lorenzo
D’amico
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Giulia
Saccomano
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Jonathan
Perrin
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Giuliana
Tromba
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Inna
Bukreeva
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Michela
Fratini
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Giuseppe
Gigli
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Nicole
Kerlero De Rosbo
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Alessia
Cedola
Diamond Proposal Number(s):
[23997]
Open Access
Abstract: The 3D complexity of biological tissues and intricate structural-functional connections call for state-of-the-art X-ray imaging approaches to overcome limitations of classical imaging. Unlike other imaging techniques, X-ray phase-contrast tomography (XPCT) offers a highly sensitive 3D imaging approach to investigate different disease-relevant networks at levels ranging from single cell through to intact organ. We present here a concomitant study of the evolution of tissue damage and inflammation in different organs affected by the disease in the murine model for multiple sclerosis, a demyelinating autoimmune disorder of the central nervous system. XPCT identifies and monitors structural and cellular alterations throughout the central nervous system, but also in the gut, and eye, of mice induced to develop multiple sclerosis-like disease and sacrificed at pre-symptomatic and symptomatic time points. This study details the sequential evolution of multi-organ damages in the murine multiple sclerosis model showing the disease development and progression which is of relevance for the human case.
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Nov 2022
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NONE-No attached Diamond beamline
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Open Access
Abstract: The creation and annihilation of magnetic skyrmions are mediated by three-dimensional topological defects known as Bloch points. Investigation of such dynamical processes is important both for understanding the emergence of exotic topological spin textures, and for future engineering of skyrmions in technological applications. However, while the annihilation of skyrmions has been extensively investigated in two dimensions, in three dimensions the phase transitions are considerably more complex. We report field-dependent experimental measurements of metastable skyrmion lifetimes in an archetypal chiral magnet, revealing two distinct regimes. Comparison to supporting three-dimensional geodesic nudged elastic band simulations indicates that these correspond to skyrmion annihilation into either the helical and conical states, each exhibiting a different transition mechanism. The results highlight that the lowest energy magnetic configuration of the system plays a crucial role when considering the emergence and stability of topological spin structures via defect-mediated dynamics.
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Aug 2021
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