Skyrmion Lattice (IMAGE)

Technische Universität Dresden

Skyrmion Lattice

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A 'skyrmion lattice': a lattice of magnetic vortices -- so-called skyrmions -- exists also at low temperatures in the chiral magnet The arrows represent the direction of the local magnetization.

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© Markus Garst / TU Dresden

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