Current-Induced Dynamics and Chaos of Antiferromagnetic Bimerons

• Published in: Physical review letters Vol. 124; no. 3; p. 037202
• Main Authors: Shen, Laichuan, Xia, Jing, Zhang, Xichao, Ezawa, Motohiko, Tretiakov, Oleg A, Liu, Xiaoxi, Zhao, Guoping, Zhou, Yan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Physical Society 24-01-2020
• Subjects: Antiferromagnetism; Chaos theory; Computer simulation; Duffing equation; Hypothetical particles; Liapunov exponents; Magnets; Particle theory; Spintronics; Thin films; Topology
• ISSN: 0031-9007; 1079-7114
• DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.124.037202

A magnetic bimeron is a topologically nontrivial spin texture carrying an integer topological charge, which can be regarded as the counterpart of the skyrmion in easy-plane magnets. The controllable creation and manipulation of bimerons are crucial for practical applications based on topological spin textures. Here, we analytically and numerically study the dynamics of an antiferromagnetic bimeron driven by a spin current. Numerical simulations demonstrate that the spin current can create an isolated bimeron in the antiferromagnetic thin film via the dampinglike spin torque. The spin current can also effectively drive the antiferromagnetic bimeron without a transverse drift. The steady motion of an antiferromagnetic bimeron is analytically derived and is in good agreement with the simulation results. Also, we find that the alternating-current-induced motion of the antiferromagnetic bimeron can be described by the Duffing equation due to the presence of the nonlinear boundary-induced force. The associated chaotic behavior of the bimeron is analyzed in terms of the Lyapunov exponents. Our results demonstrate the inertial dynamics of an antiferromagnetic bimeron, and may provide useful guidelines for building future bimeron-based spintronic devices.