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Dola Chakrabartty

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Formation and Magnetic Drive of 1D-Confined Topological Defect Lines in Crystals with D$_{2d}$ Symmetry

Designing and controlling topological spin textures within non-collinear magnetic backgrounds is central to the development of low-dissipation spintronic devices. Here we propose a general mechanism based on tunable magnetic anisotropy that enables the realization of one-dimensional topological defect lines embedded within intrinsic spin-spiral states of uniaxial D$_{2d}$-symmetric magnets, and is broadly applicable across diverse material platforms. Using Lorentz transmission electron microscopy and off-axis electron holography, we show that introducing in-plane magnetic anisotropy into the helical ground state stabilizes adjacent domains of conical helices with in-plane propagation vectors, sharing the same handedness but exhibit opposite net magnetization. The resulting interfacial mismatch generates confined bimeron-chains. Significantly, these defect lines are not merely induced merons; their presence is mandated by the specific D$_{2d}$ symmetry constraints inherent to the system. Applying weak magnetic fields along the conical axis drives counter-propagating motion of adjacent bimeron-chains along the helical stripes, while anisotropy-mediated confinement enables track-stable transverse drift free transport. The present work establishes a clear route to stabilize and control topological spin textures within intrinsically non-collinear magnetic states, advancing fundamental understanding and enabling low-dissipation, scalable spintronic device concepts.

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Spin order dependent skyrmion stabilization in MnFeCoGe hexagonal magnets

Topological magnetic skyrmions in centrosymmetric systems exhibit a higher degrees of freedom in their helicity, hence possess a great potential in the advanced spintronics including skyrmion based quantum computation. However, the centrosymmetric magnets also display non-topological trivial bubbles along with the topological skyrmions. Hence it is utmost priority to investigate the impact of different magnetic ground states and their underlying interactions on the stabilization of magnetic skyrmions in cetrosymmetric magnets. Here, we present a combined theoretical and experimental study on the role of non-collinear magnetic ground state on the skyrmion stabilization in a series of exchange frustrated non-collinear ferromagnetic system MnFe1-xCoxGe. With the help of neutron diffraction (ND) and Lorentz transmission electron microscopy (LTEM) studies, we show that hexagonal skyrmions lattice emerges as a stable field driven state only when the underlying magnetic ground state is collinear with easy-axis anisotropy. In contrast, non-topological type-II bubbles are found to be stable state in the case of non-collinear magnetic ordering with partial in-plane anisotropy. Furthermore, we also find that the skyrmions transform to the non-topological bubbles when the system undergoes a spin reorientation transition from the easy-axis to easy-cone ferromagnetic phase. Our results categorically establish the significant role of in-plane magnetic moment/anisotropy that hinders the stability of skyrmion both in the case of collinear and non-collinear magnets. Thus, the present study offers a wide range of opportunities to manipulate the stability of dipolar skyrmions by changing the intrinsic characteristics of the materials.

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Tunable room temperature magnetic skyrmions in centrosymmetric kagome magnet Mn$_4$Ga$_2$Sn

The successful realization of skyrmion-based spintronic devices depends on the easy manipulation of underlying magnetic interactions in the skyrmion-hosting materials. Although the mechanism of skyrmion formation in non-centrosymmetric magnets is comprehensively established, the stabilization process of different skyrmion-like magnetic textures in centrosymmetric magnets needs further investigation. Here, we utilize Lorentz transmission electron microscopy study to report the finding of a tunable skyrmion lattice up to room temperature in a centrosymmetric kagome ferromagnet Mn$_4$Ga$_2$Sn. We demonstrate that a controlled switching between the topological skyrmions and non-topological type-II magnetic bubbles can be realized at the optimal magnetic anisotropy. We find that the topological skyrmions are the energetically most stable magnetic objects in the centrosymmetric hexagonal magnets, whereas application of in-plane magnetic field stabilizes type-II magnetic bubbles as an excited state. The present study is a significant step towards understanding of the skyrmion stabilization mechanism in centrosymmetric materials for their future applications.

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An ac-susceptibility study of magnetic relaxation phenomena in the antiskyrmion hosting tetragonal Mn-Pt(Pd)-Sn system

Here, we report an exhaustive study of the frequency-dependent ac-magnetic susceptibility of the $D_{2d}$ symmetric Heusler system Mn-Pt(Pd)-Sn that hosts antiskyrmions over a wide temperature range. Magnetic relaxation studies using Cole-Cole formalism reveal a Debye-type relaxation with a nearly negligible distribution in relaxation times. In contrast to the archetypical skyrmion hosts, the high Curie temperature ($ T_C $) of the present system ensures shorter switching times, and, correspondingly, higher frequencies are required to probe the relaxation dynamics. We find a non-monotonic variation in the characteristic relaxation time with distinct maxima at the phase boundaries \textit{via} helical $\longrightarrow$ antiskyrmion $\longrightarrow$ field-polarized states, indicating slower magnetization dynamics over the region of phase coexistence. The temperature-dependent relaxation time across different phases is of the order of $ 10^{-5} - 10^{-4} $ s and follows the well-known Arrhenius law with reasonable values of the energy barriers. The present study concerning the magnetization dynamics in the antiskyrmion host tetragonal Heusler system is an important contribution towards the basic understanding of the dynamical aspects of antiskyrmions for their potential applications.

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