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Here we report about the formation of topologically protected Skyrmions through illumination of a thin metallic film with short laser pulses (about 150 fs). By tuning the laser fluence it is possible to change the topological properties of the created structure.
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Acknowledgments
The authors thank A.V. Kimel for fruitful discussions. This research has received funding from Fondazione Cariplo through project PONDER (Rif. 2009-2726), from MIUR through PRIN Project No. 2008J858Y7, from the European Union (EU) Nano Sci-European Research Associates (ERA) project FENOMENA, from Stichting voor Fundamenteel Onderzoek der Materie (FOM), De Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO), and EC FP7 [Grants No. NMP3-SL-2008-214469 (UltraMagnetron) and No. 214810 (FANTOMAS)]. Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture of Japan No. 22740196 is also gratefully acknowledged.
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Savoini, M. et al. (2015). Laser-Induced Giant Skyrmions and Skyrmion-Compounds in a Thin Magnetic Film of TbFeCo. In: Bigot, JY., Hübner, W., Rasing, T., Chantrell, R. (eds) Ultrafast Magnetism I. Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol 159. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07743-7_35
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