Anisotropic vortex squeezing in Rashba superconductors: a manifestation of Lifshitz invariants

L. Fuchs,1 D. Kochan,2 C. Baumgartner,1 S. Reinhardt,1 S. Gronin,3, 4 G. C. Gardner,3, 4 T. Lindemann,5, 4 M. J. Manfra,4, 3, 5, 6, 7 C. Strunk,1 and N. Paradiso1, ∗ 1Institut für Experimentelle und Angewandte Physik, University of Regensburg, 93040 Regensburg, Germany 2Institut für Theoretische Physik, University of Regensburg, 93040 Regensburg, Germany 3Microsoft Quantum Lab West Lafayette, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907 USA 4Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907 USA 5Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907 USA 6School of Materials Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907 USA 7School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907 USA