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Publication Date
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2026-07-06 |
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Title
| Structural Chirality of Polar Skyrmions Probed by Resonant Elastic X-Ray Scattering [* Cross-Reference *] |
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Other Identifier
| https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.247601
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Author
| McCarter, Margaret R. (University of California, Berkeley) - ORCID: 0000-0002-2255-3306
Kim, Kook Tae (Soongsil University)
Stoica, Vladimir A. (The Advanced Photon Source, Pennsylvania State University)
Das, Sujit (Indian Institute of Science) - ORCID: 0000-0001-9823-0207
Klewe, Christoph (Advanced Light Source, Berkeley)
Donoway, Elizabeth P. (University of California, Berkeley) - ORCID: 0000-0002-5349-6682
Burn, David M. (Diamond Light Source) - ORCID: 0000-0001-7540-1616
Shafer, Padraic (Advanced Light Source, Berkeley) - ORCID: 0000-0001-9363-2557
Rodolakis, Fanny (The Advanced Photon Source) - ORCID: 0000-0003-3359-4880
Gonçalves, Mauro A.P. (Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences) - ORCID: 0000-0002-2951-8394
Gómez-Ortiz, Fernando (Universidad de Cantabria) - ORCID: 0000-0002-7203-8476
Íñiguez, Jorge (Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, University of Luxembourg) - ORCID: 0000-0001-6435-3604
García-Fernández, Pablo (Universidad de Cantabria) - ORCID: 0000-0002-4901-0811
Junquera, Javier (Universidad de Cantabria) - ORCID: 0000-0002-9957-8982
Lovesey, Stephen W. (Diamond Light Source, University of Oxford) - ORCID: 0000-0003-3677-7324
Van Der Laan, Gerrit (Diamond Light Source) - ORCID: 0000-0001-6852-2495
Park, Se Young (Soongsil University) - ORCID: 0000-0002-9166-3525
Freeland, John W. (The Advanced Photon Source) - ORCID: 0000-0003-4814-5308
Martin, Lane W. (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) - ORCID: 0000-0003-1889-2513
Lee, Dong Ryeol (Soongsil University) - ORCID: 0000-0001-8419-1171
Ramesh, Ramamoorthy (University of California, Berkeley, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) - ORCID: 0000-0003-0524-1332 |
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Description
| An escalating challenge in condensed-matter research is the characterization of emergent order-parameter nanostructures such as ferroelectric and ferromagnetic skyrmions. Their small length scales coupled with complex, three-dimensional polarization or spin structures makes them demanding to trace out fully. Resonant elastic x-ray scattering (REXS) has emerged as a technique to study chirality in spin textures such as skyrmions and domain walls. It has, however, been used to a considerably lesser extent to study analogous features in ferroelectrics. Here, we present a framework for modeling REXS from an arbitrary arrangement of charge quadrupole moments, which can be applied to nanostructures in materials such as ferroelectrics. With this, we demonstrate how extended reciprocal space scans using REXS with circularly polarized x rays can probe the three-dimensional structure and chirality of polar skyrmions. Measurements, bolstered by quantitative scattering calculations, show that polar skyrmions of mixed chirality coexist, and that REXS allows valuation of relative fractions of right- and left-handed skyrmions. Our quantitative analysis of the structure and chirality of polar skyrmions highlights the capability of REXS for establishing complex topological structures toward future application exploits. (2022-12-09)
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Subject
| Physics |
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Keyword
| emergent order-parameter nanostructures
escalating challenge
challenge in condensed-matter
condensed-matter research
characterization of emergent |
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Funding Information
| U.S. Department of Energy: DE-AC02-06CH11357 |
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Deposit Date
| 2022-12-09 |
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Data Type
| Article |
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Data Source
| Physical Review Letters; ISSN: 00319007, eISSN: 10797114, vol. 129, n° 24, art. no. 247601 |