Chiral skyrmions in cubic helimagnet films: The role of uniaxial anisotropy

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 89, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Wilson, M N ^a   Butenko, A B ^b,c   Bogdanov, A N ^b   Monchesky, T L ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b IFW DRESDEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 84897828254     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.89.094411     Document Type: Article

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