Topological orbital Hall effect caused by skyrmions and antiferromagnetic skyrmions
Abstract The topological Hall effect is a hallmark of topologically non-trivial magnetic textures such as magnetic skyrmions. It quantifies the transverse electric current that is generated once an electric field is applied and occurs as a consequence of the emergent magnetic field of the skyrmion....
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| description | Abstract The topological Hall effect is a hallmark of topologically non-trivial magnetic textures such as magnetic skyrmions. It quantifies the transverse electric current that is generated once an electric field is applied and occurs as a consequence of the emergent magnetic field of the skyrmion. Likewise, an orbital magnetization is generated. Here we show that the charge currents are orbital polarized even though the conduction electrons couple to the skyrmion texture via their spin. The topological Hall effect is accompanied by a topological orbital Hall effect even for s electrons without spin-orbit coupling. As we show, antiferromagnetic skyrmions and antiferromagnetic bimerons that have a compensated emergent field, exhibit a topological orbital Hall conductivity that is not accompanied by charge transport and can be orders of magnitude larger than the topological spin Hall conductivity. Skyrmionic textures serve as generators of orbital currents that can transport information and give rise to considerable orbital torques. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-19e60ee6fabc460f87ca7a69f1ce0ade2025-01-12T12:26:45ZengNature PortfolioCommunications Physics2399-36502025-01-01811910.1038/s42005-024-01925-xTopological orbital Hall effect caused by skyrmions and antiferromagnetic skyrmionsBörge Göbel0Lennart Schimpf1Ingrid Mertig2Institut für Physik, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-WittenbergInstitut für Physik, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-WittenbergInstitut für Physik, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-WittenbergAbstract The topological Hall effect is a hallmark of topologically non-trivial magnetic textures such as magnetic skyrmions. It quantifies the transverse electric current that is generated once an electric field is applied and occurs as a consequence of the emergent magnetic field of the skyrmion. Likewise, an orbital magnetization is generated. Here we show that the charge currents are orbital polarized even though the conduction electrons couple to the skyrmion texture via their spin. The topological Hall effect is accompanied by a topological orbital Hall effect even for s electrons without spin-orbit coupling. As we show, antiferromagnetic skyrmions and antiferromagnetic bimerons that have a compensated emergent field, exhibit a topological orbital Hall conductivity that is not accompanied by charge transport and can be orders of magnitude larger than the topological spin Hall conductivity. Skyrmionic textures serve as generators of orbital currents that can transport information and give rise to considerable orbital torques.https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-024-01925-x |
| spellingShingle | Börge Göbel Lennart Schimpf Ingrid Mertig Topological orbital Hall effect caused by skyrmions and antiferromagnetic skyrmions Communications Physics |
| title | Topological orbital Hall effect caused by skyrmions and antiferromagnetic skyrmions |
| title_full | Topological orbital Hall effect caused by skyrmions and antiferromagnetic skyrmions |
| title_fullStr | Topological orbital Hall effect caused by skyrmions and antiferromagnetic skyrmions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Topological orbital Hall effect caused by skyrmions and antiferromagnetic skyrmions |
| title_short | Topological orbital Hall effect caused by skyrmions and antiferromagnetic skyrmions |
| title_sort | topological orbital hall effect caused by skyrmions and antiferromagnetic skyrmions |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-024-01925-x |
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