Emergent reduced dimensionality by vertex frustration in artificial spin ice

Nature Physics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 162-165

  Gilbert, Ian ^a   Lao, Yuyang ^a   Carrasquillo, Isaac ^a   O'brien, Liam ^b,c   Watts, Justin D ^b   Manno, Michael ^b   Leighton, Chris ^b   Scholl, Andreas ^d   Nisoli, Cristiano ^e   Schiffer, Peter ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC STATES; GRAPHENE; GROUND STATE; ISING MODEL; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; NANOMAGNETICS;

ARRAY GEOMETRIES; GEOMETRICAL FRUSTRATIONS; NANOMAGNET ARRAYS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL ISING MODEL; PHONON DISPERSIONS; PHYSICAL SYSTEMS; QUASI-ONE DIMENSIONAL; THERMALLY INDUCED;

ICE;

EID: 84956818183     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys3520     Document Type: Article

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