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Thermal Stability of Skyrmion Tubes in Nanostructured Cuboids
Magnetic skyrmions in bulk materials
are typically regarded as
two-dimensional structures. However, they also exhibit three-dimensional
configurations, known as skyrmion tubes, that elongate and extend
in-depth. Understanding the configurations and stabilization mechanism
of skyrmion tubes is crucial for the development of advanced spintronic
devices. However, the generation and annihilation of skyrmion tubes
in confined geometries are still rarely reported. Here, we present
direct imaging of skyrmion tubes in nanostructured cuboids of a chiral
magnet FeGe using Lorentz transmission electron microscopy (TEM),
while applying an in-plane magnetic field. It is observed that skyrmion
tubes stabilize in a narrow field-temperature region near the Curie
temperature (Tc). Through a field cooling
process, metastable skyrmion tubes can exist in a larger region of
the field-temperature diagram. Combining these experimental findings
with micromagnetic simulations, we attribute these phenomena to energy
differences and thermal fluctuations. Our results could promote topological
spintronic devices based on skyrmion tubes