Controlling skyrmions with surface acoustic waves

This project aims to use the magnetostrictive properties of skyrmrion-hosting thin films to control the nucleation, propagation and annihilation of these compact spin textures with surface acoustic waves (SAWs), which are coherent strain waves. Exploiting this potentially resonant coupling, we are aiming to propose new spintronics devices combining the wave mechanics allowed by the weakly damped SAWs, with the field and frequency sensitivity of skyrmions. We are looking for a highly motivated Postdoctoral fellow to contribute to this project which has a strong experimental component.