Nontraditional Movement Behavior of Skyrmion in a Circular-Ring Nanotrack

Abstract

Magnetic skyrmions are considered promising candidates for use as information carriers in future spintronic devices. To achieve the development of skyrmion-based spintronic devices, a reasonable and feasible nanotrack is essential. In this paper, we conducted a study on the current-driven skyrmion movement in a circular-ring-shaped nanotrack. Our results suggest that the asymmetry of the inside and outside boundary of the circular ring changed the stable position of the skyrmion, causing it to move like the skyrmion Hall effect when driven by currents. Moreover, the asymmetric boundaries have advantages in enhancing or weakening the skyrmion Hall effect. Additionally, we also compared the skyrmion Hall effect from the asymmetric boundary of circular-ring nanotracks with that from the inhomogeneous Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interaction. It was found that the skyrmion Hall effect in the circular ring is significantly greater than that caused by the inhomogeneous Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interaction. These results contribute to our understanding of the skyrmion dynamics in confined geometries and offer an alternative method for controlling the skyrmion Hall effect of skyrmion-based devices.