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arxiv: 1812.00520 · v2 · pith:4RIN2EIAnew · submitted 2018-12-03 · ❄️ cond-mat.mes-hall · cond-mat.mtrl-sci

Current-Driven Dynamics of Frustrated Skyrmions in a Synthetic Antiferromagnetic Bilayer

classification ❄️ cond-mat.mes-hall cond-mat.mtrl-sci
keywords bilayerskyrmioncurrent-drivenskyrmionsmonolayeralphafrustratedout-of-plane
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We report the current-driven dynamics of frustrated skyrmions in an antiferromagnetically exchange coupled bilayer system, where the bilayer skyrmion consists of two monolayer skyrmions with opposite skyrmion numbers $Q$. We show that the in-plane current-driven bilayer skyrmion moves in a straight path, while the out-of-plane current-driven bilayer skyrmion moves in a circular path. It is found that the in-plane current-driven mobility of a bilayer skyrmion is much better than the monolayer one at a large ratio of $\beta/\alpha$, where $\alpha$ and $\beta$ denote the damping parameter and non-adiabatic spin transfer torque strength, respectively. Besides, the out-of-plane current-driven mobility of a bilayer skyrmion is much better than the monolayer one when $\alpha$ is small. We also reveal that one bilayer skyrmion (consisting of monolayer skyrmions with $Q=\pm 2$) can be separated to two bilayer skyrmions (consisting of monolayer skyrmions with $Q=\pm 1$) driven by an out-of-plane current. Our results may be useful for designing skyrmionic devices based on frustrated multilayer magnets.

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