Observation of room-temperature polar skyrmions.

Abstract:

:Complex topological configurations are fertile ground for exploring emergent phenomena and exotic phases in condensed-matter physics. For example, the recent discovery of polarization vortices and their associated complex-phase coexistence and response under applied electric fields in superlattices of (PbTiO3)n/(SrTiO3)n suggests the presence of a complex, multi-dimensional system capable of interesting physical responses, such as chirality, negative capacitance and large piezo-electric responses1-3. Here, by varying epitaxial constraints, we discover room-temperature polar-skyrmion bubbles in a lead titanate layer confined by strontium titanate layers, which are imaged by atomic-resolution scanning transmission electron microscopy. Phase-field modelling and second-principles calculations reveal that the polar-skyrmion bubbles have a skyrmion number of +1, and resonant soft-X-ray diffraction experiments show circular dichroism, confirming chirality. Such nanometre-scale polar-skyrmion bubbles are the electric analogues of magnetic skyrmions, and could contribute to the advancement of ferroelectrics towards functionalities incorporating emergent chirality and electrically controllable negative capacitance.

journal_name

Nature

journal_title

Nature

authors

Das S,Tang YL,Hong Z,Gonçalves MAP,McCarter MR,Klewe C,Nguyen KX,Gómez-Ortiz F,Shafer P,Arenholz E,Stoica VA,Hsu SL,Wang B,Ophus C,Liu JF,Nelson CT,Saremi S,Prasad B,Mei AB,Schlom DG,Íñiguez J,García-Fernández P

doi

10.1038/s41586-019-1092-8

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2019-04-01 00:00:00

pages

368-372

issue

7752

eissn

0028-0836

issn

1476-4687

pii

10.1038/s41586-019-1092-8

journal_volume

568

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