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Sayan Banik1,2, Nikolai S Kiselev3, Ashis K Nandy1,2
1School of Physical Sciences, National Institute of Science Education Research, Jatni, 752050, India.
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2D chiral magnets are known to host a variety of skyrmions, characterized by an integer topological charge ( ). However, these systems typically favor uniform lattices as thermodynamically stable phases composed of either skyrmions (Q = -1) or antiskyrmions (Q = 1). In isotropic chiral magnets, skyrmion-antiskyrmion coexistence is typically transient due to mutual annihilation, making the observation of a stable, long-range, ordered lattice a significant challenge. Here, this challenge is addressed by demonstrating a skyrmion-antiskyrmion lattice as a magnetic field-induced topological ground state in chiral magnets with competing anisotropic interactions, specifically Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya and frustrated exchange interactions. This unique lattice exhibits a net-zero global topological charge due to the balanced populations of skyrmions and antiskyrmions. Furthermore, density functional theory and spin-lattice simulations identify 2Fe/InSb(110) as an ideal candidate material for realizing this phase. This finding reveals new possibilities for manipulating magnetic solitons and establishes anisotropic frustrated chiral magnets as a promising material class for future spintronic applications.
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