Fig. 1

Schematic illustration of experimental geometry. a A skyrmion oriented with its axis orthogonal to confining substrates at no applied fields. b Electric field with frequency f _c = 1–10 kHz and amplitude, U, schematically illustrated as a function of time, t, applied across the sample thickness rotates the far-field director n ₀ away from the skyrmion axis and normal to the sample's confining substrates to be in-plane and morphs the skyrmionic structure. c When this electric field with frequency f _c = 1–10 kHz is additionally modulated with the modulation frequency f _m, the skyrmion moves in a direction determined by f _m