Microwave-driven Topological Resonant Excitations of Coupled Skyrmions

Abstract

We study nonlinear dynamics of coupled Skyrmions and present a method for manipulating topological resonant excitations by a dual-frequency microwave field. Thiele's equation is extended by introducing a new effective mass associated with time derivative of topological density. Two coupled resonant modes endowed with the new effective mass are found in the coupled Skyrmions. Polygon-like resonant excitations are observed and modulated when the two modes are activated simultaneously by microwave field with commensurate frequency ratio. Quasiperiodic behavior of excitations are related to an incommensurate ratio. Numerical solutions based on the extended Thiele's equation for Skyrmion under a dual-frequency field agree well with the micromagnetic simulation results and clarify the importance of frequency value, frequency ratio of an external field and the effective mass to the polygon-like dynamics of Skyrmion. We also show the coupling between two Skyrmions can dominate their topological resonant excitations.