Fig. 1

Magnetic diffraction from stripes and skyrmions. a Schematic of phase diagram of the Fe/Gd sample as a function of temperature and applied magnetic field. b–d Schematic of order stripes, disorder stripes, and skyrmion phase. e–g Magnetic diffraction spots in the three phases. The insets show enlarged image of the magnetic diffraction spots that are enclosed in yellow box. The red and black boxes are the regions of interest of magnetic diffraction and airy fringes, respectively, for calculating the pair-wise correlation coefficients. The box sizes are the same for each data set, except for the disorder stripe diffraction spot where it is elongated to account for the peak broadening