Nature Communications (Oct 2016)

Probing the spinor nature of electronic states in nanosize non-collinear magnets

  • Jeison A. Fischer,
  • Leonid M. Sandratskii,
  • Soo-Hyon Phark,
  • Safia Ouazi,
  • André A. Pasa,
  • Dirk Sander,
  • Stuart S. P. Parkin

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13000
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Non-collinear magnetization textures which are established by chiral exchange interactions have recently provided a route to novel phenomena and device concepts. Here, the authors demonstrate the effects of symmetry breaking on non-collinear magnetization by lateral confinement.