Figure 3: Variation in the thermodynamic stability and metastability of the skyrmion phase under selected electric fields.
From: Transition to and from the skyrmion lattice phase by electric fields in a magnetoelectric compound
(a–c), The high-temperature portion of the magnetic phase diagrams, including the metastable skyrmion states that are created by the ME cooling procedures (E=+30 kV cm−1, H=350 Oe), under electric fields of +30 (a), 0 (b) and −30 kV cm−1 (c). Red- and magenta-colored regions represent the thermodynamically stable and metastable skyrmion lattice states, respectively.
