Real-space observation of the low-temperature Skyrmion lattice in Cu2OSeO3(100) single crystal

2025/08/30 by Gerald Malsch, Malsch, Gerald, Peter Milde +11
Materials Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Copper-based nanomaterials and applications #FOS: Physical sciences #Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials #Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci) #Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall) #Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2509.00517

openalex publication_date 2025/08/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

Cu2OSeO3 is a skyrmion host material in which two distinct thermodynamically stable skyrmion phases were identified. We report magnetic force microscopy imaging of the low-temperature magnetic phases in bulk Cu2OSeO3(100) single crystal. Tuning the external magnetic field over the various phase transition at a temperature of 10 K, we observe the formation of helical, conical, tilted conical and skyrmion lattice domains in real space.

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