Topological transport of vorticity on curved magnetic membranes

ORAL

Abstract

In this work, we study the transport of vorticity on curved dynamical two-dimensional magnetic membranes. We find that topological transport can be controlled by geometrically reducing symmetries, which enables processes that are not present in flat magnetic systems. To this end, we construct a vorticity 3-current which obeys a continuity equation. This continuity equation is immune to local fluctuations of the magnetic texture as well as spatiotemporal fluctuations of the membrane. We show how electric current can manipulate vortex transport in geometrically nontrivial magnetic systems. As an illustrative example, we propose a minimal setup that realizes an experimentally feasible energy storage device.

* This work was primarily supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences under Grant No. DE-SC0012190. J.Z. acknowledges the support of the Georg H. Endress Foundation.

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Presenters

  • Chau Dao

    University of California, Los Angeles

Authors

  • Chau Dao

    University of California, Los Angeles

  • Ji Zou

    University of Basel, Univ of California - Los Angeles

  • Eric Kleinherbers

    University of California, Los Angeles, UCLA

  • Yaroslav Tserkovnyak

    University of California, Los Angeles