Microwave magnetoelectric effect via skyrmion resonance modes in a helimagnetic multiferroic

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Okamura, Y ^a   Kagawa, F ^a   Mochizuki, M ^a,b   Kubota, M ^c,d   Seki, S ^a,e   Ishiwata, S ^a   Kawasaki, M ^a,c   Onose, Y ^a   Tokura, Y ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b AOYAMA GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science ^*  (Japan)

^d ROHM CO LTD   (Japan)

^e JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRIC ION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; MICROWAVE IMAGERY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OSCILLATION; RESONANCE; SPECTROSCOPY;

ABSORPTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL; ELECTRICAL PARAMETERS; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC SKYRMION; MAGNETISM; MICROWAVE MAGNETOELECTRIC EFFECT; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOTION; NONRECIPROCAL DIRECTIONAL DICHROISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OSCILLATION; PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 84884136612     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3391     Document Type: Article

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