Linear relation between Heisenberg exchange and interfacial Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction in metal films

Nature Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 825-829

  Nembach, Hans T ^a   Shaw, Justin M ^a   Weiler, Mathias ^a,b   Jué, Emilie ^a   Silva, Thomas J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b WALTHER MEISSNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; NICKEL; SPIN WAVES;

ANTISYMMETRIC EXCHANGE; BRILLOUIN LIGHT SCATTERING; COUPLING ENERGIES; DZYALOSHINSKII-MORIYA INTERACTION; HEISENBERG EXCHANGE; NEAREST NEIGHBOUR; RELATIVE STRENGTH; WAVE SPECTROSCOPY;

IRON;

EID: 84943197610     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys3418     Document Type: Article

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