Creating currents of electric bubbles

TL;DR

This paper demonstrates how to induce and control electric skyrmion bubble currents using electric fields, showing potential for high-speed applications like neuromorphic computing.

Contribution

It introduces two novel methods to generate electric bubble currents via electric fields, advancing the control of topological ferroelectric quasiparticles.

Findings

Electric bubble velocities over 25 m/s at room temperature.

Two approaches to induce e-bubble currents using electric fields.

Potential for e-bubbles to rival magnetic skyrmion speeds.

Abstract

The experimental demonstration of electric skyrmion bubbles and the recent prediction of their Brownian motion have brought topological ferroelectrics close to their magnetic counterparts. Electric bubbles (e-bubbles) could potentially be leveraged in applications for which magnetic skyrmions have been proposed (e.g., neuromorphic computing). Yet, we still lack a strategy to create currents of e-bubbles. Here, using predictive atomistic simulations, we illustrate two approaches to induce e-bubble currents by application of suitable electric fields, static or dynamic. We focus on regimes where e-bubbles display spontaneous diffusion, which allows us to generate a current by simply biasing their Brownian motion. Our calculations indicate that e-bubble velocities over 25 m/s can be achieved at room temperature, suggesting that these electric quasiparticles could rival the speeds of magnetic skyrmions upon further optimization.