Manipulating topological states by imprinting non-collinear spin textures

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Streubel, Robert ^a   Han, Luyang ^a   Im, Mi Young ^b,c   Kronast, Florian ^d   Rößler, Ulrich K ^e   Radu, Florin ^d   Abrudan, Radu ^d,f   Lin, Gungun ^a   Schmidt, Oliver G ^a,g   Fischer, Peter ^b,h   Makarov, Denys ^a  

^a IFW DRESDEN   (Germany)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^d HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^e Institute for Theoretical Solid State Physics   (Germany)

^f RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^g CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84930000682     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep08787     Document Type: Article

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