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Releasing antiferromagnetic skyrmions from local magnetic-anisotropy defects
R L Silva1, R C Silva1, A R Pereira2
1Departamento de Ciências Naturais, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Rodovia Governador Mário Covas, Km 60, Bairro Litorâneo, São Mateus, ES CEP 29932-540, Brazil.
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Lattice defects may work as a kind of apparatus for catching topological excitations, preventing their escape. So, the problem of removing skyrmions from eventual local defects in magnetic materials must be closely related to new technologies such as skyrmionic. Here, we examine the conditions for drawing a skyrmion from a magnetic impurity in a two-dimensional antiferromagnetic system by applying spin-polarized currents (SPC). Two types of impurities are investigated (local easy-axis and easy-plane anisotropy defects). Also, two methods to release the skyrmion with SPC are explored. In principle, our results could be qualitatively relevant to any other type of lattice defect.
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