Figure 7

m-AFM topography (a) and magnetic dissipation (b–f) maps recorded on the (001) surface of GaV₄S₈ in increasing external magnetic fields. The inset in Panel (a) displays the topography profile along the white arrow shown in the AFM image. The reversal of the surface inclination angle indicates different structural domains. The white dashed line in all images represents the structural domain boundary, acting as a magnetic domain boundary as well. The magnetic order characteristic to the given external field is indicated in each image as ‘Cyc’ for cycloidal order, ‘SkL’ for skyrmion lattice and ‘FM’ for the ferromagnetic order with different anisotropy axes in the two structural domains.