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Naëmi Leo1,2, Daniel Wolf3, Alicia Estela Herguedas-Alonso4,5,6
1Department of Physics, Loughborough University, LoughboroughLE11 3TU, UK.
Abstract:
Bloch points are three-dimensional topological singularities in magnetization that play a key role in topological transformations of spin textures such as skyrmion creation or annihilation. While topology often enforces the existence of Bloch points in confined geometries such as cylindrical nanowires, deterministic control over their position and magnetic configuration remains challenging. Here, we demonstrate the generation of Bloch points with controlled spin texture by engineering geometrical boundary conditions in three-dimensional nanomagnets. By introducing a chirality interface between two three-dimensional double-helix nanowires of opposite handedness, forming a kinked, noncollinear structure, we impose competing topological constraints that uniquely define the magnetization configuration surrounding the Bloch point. A saturating magnetic field nucleates head-to-head or tail-to-tail domain configurations at the chirality interface, producing a Bloch-point domain wall with deterministic polarity, circulation, and helicity. This geometrical approach enables full three-dimensional control of Bloch point domain walls, allowing deterministic engineering of their spin texture and its selective coupling to current-induced Oersted fields.
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