Skyrmions in a Metallic Layer Structure (IMAGE)

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Skyrmions in a Metallic Layer Structure

Caption

Tiny magnetic vortices with a diameter of just a few metronomes in a metallic layer structure are shown. The diagram represents the "atomic bar magnets" of each magnetic atom by means of a small colored arrow. The red, upward-pointing arrows show a homogeneous ferromagnetic background. In the magnetic vortices -- the skyrmions -- the "atomic bar magnets" of the iron atoms spin around (orange and green arrows) and have an opposite orientation in their centers (blue arrows).

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Bertrand Dupé, CAU

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