Stray-field imaging of magnetic vortices with a single diamond spin

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Rondin, L ^a   Tetienne, J P ^a,b   Rohart, S ^c   Thiaville, A ^c   Hingant, T ^b   Spinicelli, P ^a   Roch, J F ^a   Jacques, V ^a,b  

^a LABORATOIRE DE PHOTONIQUE QUANTIQUE ET MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE AIMÉ COTTON   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMOND; NITROGEN;

MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOMETER; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; VORTEX; VORTICITY;

ARTICLE; CHIRALITY; IMAGING; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETOMETRY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION;

EID: 84881446586     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3279     Document Type: Article

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