Nature Communications (Dec 2020)

Revealing 3D magnetization of thin films with soft X-ray tomography: magnetic singularities and topological charges

  • A. Hierro-Rodriguez,
  • C. Quirós,
  • A. Sorrentino,
  • L. M. Alvarez-Prado,
  • J. I. Martín,
  • J. M. Alameda,
  • S. McVitie,
  • E. Pereiro,
  • M. Vélez,
  • S. Ferrer

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20119-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Although magnetic tomography has been used in the past to determine the 3D magnetization of materials its application to thin films remains challenging. Here the authors reconstruct the magnetization of a thin film, enabling the measurement of topological charges of magnetic singularities.