Twisted spin wave (IMAGE)

Technical University of Munich (TUM)

Twisted spin wave

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The propagation of spin waves perpendicular to skyrmions displays a quantization of the circular orbits. In addition, the circular orbit is topologically non-trivial: it carries a subtle twist, somewhat similar to a so-called Möbius strip.

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Christoph Hohmann / MCQST

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