Direct observation of unconventional topological Spin structure in coupled magnetic discs

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Phatak, C ^a   Petford Long, A K ^a,b   Heinonen, O ^a,c  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFERRO-MAGNETICALLY COUPLED; ANTIVORTICES; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS; IN-SITU; MICROMAGNETIC SIMULATIONS; QUANTUM CRITICAL PHENOMENA; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SKYRMIONS; SPIN STATE; SPIN STRUCTURES; TOPOLOGICAL EXCITATIONS; TOPOLOGICAL STATE;

MAGNETIC THIN FILMS; SPIN DYNAMICS;

TOPOLOGY;

EID: 84856862156     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.067205     Document Type: Article

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