Direct observation and dynamics of spontaneous skyrmion-like magnetic domains in a ferromagnet

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 325-328

  Nagao, Masahiro ^a,b   So, Yeong Gi ^a   Yoshida, Hiroyuki ^a   Isobe, Masaaki ^a   Hara, Toru ^a   Ishizuka, Kazuo ^c,d   Kimoto, Koji ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Higashimatsuyama   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHIRALITY; DYNAMICS; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; FERROMAGNETISM; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MAGNETIC DOMAINS; MANGANESE OXIDE; MANGANITES;

BARRIER ENERGY; DIRECT OBSERVATIONS; DYNAMIC COUPLINGS; FERROMAGNETIC MANGANITES; LORENTZ TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MAGNETIC VORTICES; STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS; THERMAL FLUCTUATIONS;

MAGNETIZATION REVERSAL;

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CHIRALITY; DYNAMICS; MAGNETISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VORTEX MOTION;

EID: 84877577140     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2013.69     Document Type: Article

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