von Malottki, S.; Dupé, B.; Bessarab, Pavel; Delin, A.; Heinze, S.
(Springer Nature, 2017-09-26)
Skyrmions are localized, topologically non-trivial spin structures which have raised high hopes for future spintronic applications. A key issue is skyrmion stability with respect to annihilation into the ferromagnetic state. Energy barriers for this ...