Non-planar dzyaloshinskii spirals and magnetic domain walls in non-centrosymmetric systems with orthorhombic anisotropy

Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 3005-3015

  Heide, Marcus ^a,b   Bihlmayer, Gustav ^a   Blügel, Stefan ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Domain wall; Dzyaloshinskii moriya; Nanomagnetism; Spin spiral

Indexed keywords

DZYALOSHINSKII-MORIYA; DZYALOSHINSKII-MORIYA INTERACTION; NANOMAGNETISMS; NON-CENTROSYMMETRIC SYSTEMS; ORTHORHOMBIC ANISOTROPY; ORTHORHOMBIC UNIT CELL; SPIN SPIRAL; ULTRA THIN MAGNETIC FILMS;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DOMAIN WALLS; MAGNETIC DEVICES; MAGNETIC DOMAINS; MAGNETIC STRUCTURE; PHASE DIAGRAMS;

ANISOTROPY;

NANOMATERIAL;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAGNETISM; PARTICLE SIZE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAGNETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 80051953870     PISSN: 15334880     EISSN: 15334899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2011.3926     Document Type: Article

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