Chiral Magnet (IMAGE)

Hiroshima University

Chiral Magnet

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(a) This figure shows the crystal structure of a chiral crystal of CrNb3S6 (b) Magnetic twists formed in the chiral crystal are schematically illustrated by an array of bar magnets arranged in the form of a spiral. The period of the helix L(H) is controlled by changing the external magnetic field H.

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Yoshihiko Togawa, Osaka Prefecture University

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