RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science Dynamic Emergent Phenomena Research Unit
Unit Leader: Fumitaka Kagawa (Ph.D.)
Research Summary

Our research unit explores dynamic phenomena exhibited by strongly correlated electron systems in both bulk specimen and device structures to construct a new principle in condensed matter science. In particular, we study external-field-driven dynamic phenomena exhibited by sub-micron-scale structures, such as topological spin textures and domain walls, using spectroscopy of dielectric responses and resistance fluctuations from the millihertz to gigahertz region. We also pursue real-space observations and measurements of local physical properties using scanning probe microscopy as a complementary approach. We are aiming to control novel physical properties exhibited by topological structures in condensed matter systems on the basis of knowledge obtained from these methods.
Main Research Fields
- Mathematical & Physical Sciences
Related Research Fields
- Interdisciplinary Science & Engineering
- Engineering
Keywords
- Metal-insulator transition
- Phase-change memory
- Scanning probe microscopy
- Magnetic skyrmion
Selected Publications
- 1.H. Oike, M. Kamitani, Y. Tokura, and F. Kagawa.:
“Kinetic approach to superconductivity hidden behind a competing order”
Sci. Adv. 4, eaau3489 (2018) - 2.H. Oike, M. Suda, M. Kamitani, A. Ueda, H. Mori, Y. Tokura, H. M. Yamamoto, and F. Kagawa.:
“Size effects on supercooling phenomena in strongly correlated electron systems: IrTe2 and θ-(BEDT-TTF)2RbZn(SCN)4”
Phys. Rev. B 97, 085102 (2018) - 3.F. Kagawa, H. Oike, W. Koshibae, A. Kikkawa, Y. Okamura, Y. Taguchi, N. Nagaosa, and Y. Tokura.:
“Current-induced viscoelastic topological unwinding of metastable skyrmion strings”
Nat. Commun. 8, 1332 (2017) - 4.F. Kagawa and H. Oike
“Quenching of Charge and Spin Degrees of Freedom in Condensed Matter”
Adv. Mat. 29, 1601979 (2017) - 5.Y. Okamura, F. Kagawa, S. Seki, and Y. Tokura.:
“Transition to and from the skyrmion lattice phase by electric fields in a magnetoelectric compound”
Nat. Commmun. 7, 12669 (2016) - 6.F. Kagawa, N. Minami, S. Horiuchi, and Y. Tokura.:
“Athermal domain-wall creep near a ferroelectric quantum critical point”
Nat. Commun. 7, 10675 (2016) - 7.H. Oike, A. Kikkawa, N. Kanazawa, Y. Taguchi, M. Kawasaki, Y. Tokura, and F. Kagawa.:
“Interplay between topological and thermodynamic stability in a metastable magnetic skyrmion lattice”
Nat. Phys. 12, 62 (2016) - 8.Y. Okamura, F. Kagawa, S. Seki, M. Kubota, M. Kawasaki, and Y. Tokura
“Microwave Magnetochiral Dichroism in the Chiral-Lattice Magnet Cu2OSeO3”
Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 197202 (2015) - 9.H. Oike, F. Kagawa, N. Ogawa, A. Ueda, H. Mori, M. Kawasaki, and Y. Tokura.:
“Phase-change memory function of correlated electrons in organic conductors”
Phys. Rev. B 91, 041101(R) (2015) - 10.F. Kagawa, S. Horiuchi, N. Minami, S. Ishibashi, K. Kobayashi, R. Kumai, Y. Murakami, and Y. Tokura.:
“Polarization Switching Ability Dependent on Multidomain Topology in a Uniaxial Organic Ferroelectric”
Nano Lett. 14, 239 (2014)
Recent Research Results
Dec. 28, 2018
Rapid cooling reveals superpowersOct. 21, 2016
‘Snap freezing’ produces different state
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Lab Members
Principal investigator
- Fumitaka Kagawa
- Unit Leader
Core members
- Takuro Sato
- Postdoctoral Researcher
- Meng Wang
- Postdoctoral Researcher
- Keisuke Matsuura
- Special Postdoctoral Researcher
- Hiroshi Oike
- Visiting Scientist
Contact Information
209 Frontier Research Laboratory
2-1 Hirosawa,
Wako, Saitama
351-0198, Japan
Email: fumitaka.kagawa [at] riken.jp