Effect of magnetic anisotropy on skyrmions with a high topological number in itinerant magnets
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We report our numerical results for the effect of magnetic anisotropy on a skyrmion crystal with a high topological number of two, which was recently discovered in an itinerant electron model [R. Ozawa, S. Hayami, and Y. Motome, Phys. Rev. Let. 118, 147205 (2017)]. By performing numerical simulations based on the kernel polynomial method and the Langevin dynamics for the Kondo lattice model on a triangular lattice, we find that the topological property remains robust against single-ion anisotropy, while the magnetic texture is deformed continuously. The resultant spin structure is characterized by three wave numbers (triple-Q state), in which the xy component of the spins forms a magnetic vortex crystal and the z component of the spins behaves as a sinusoidal wave. For a larger anisotropy, we show that the system exhibits a phase transition from a skyrmion crystal to topologically trivial phases with vanishing scalar chirality: a single-Q collinear state and double-Q noncoplanar states for the easy-axis and easy-plane anisotropy, respectively. We also examine the effect of single-ion anisotropy in an external magnetic field, and find that the field range of the skyrmion crystal is rather insensitive to the anisotropy, in contrast to another skyrmion crystal with a topological number of one whose field range is considerably extended (reduced) by the easy-axis (easy-plane) anisotropy.
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- Physical review B
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Physical review B 99 (9), 094420-, 2019-03-18
American Physical Society (APS)
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- 120006727602
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- 24699969
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- 2115/75583
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