Nature Communications (Apr 2020)
Real-space imaging of confined magnetic skyrmion tubes
- M. T. Birch,
- D. Cortés-Ortuño,
- L. A. Turnbull,
- M. N. Wilson,
- F. Groß,
- N. Träger,
- A. Laurenson,
- N. Bukin,
- S. H. Moody,
- M. Weigand,
- G. Schütz,
- H. Popescu,
- R. Fan,
- P. Steadman,
- J. A. T. Verezhak,
- G. Balakrishnan,
- J. C. Loudon,
- A. C. Twitchett-Harrison,
- O. Hovorka,
- H. Fangohr,
- F. Y. Ogrin,
- J. Gräfe,
- P. D. Hatton
Affiliations
- M. T. Birch
- Centre for Materials Physics, Durham University
- D. Cortés-Ortuño
- Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Southampton
- L. A. Turnbull
- Centre for Materials Physics, Durham University
- M. N. Wilson
- Centre for Materials Physics, Durham University
- F. Groß
- Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems
- N. Träger
- Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems
- A. Laurenson
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Exeter
- N. Bukin
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Exeter
- S. H. Moody
- Centre for Materials Physics, Durham University
- M. Weigand
- Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems
- G. Schütz
- Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems
- H. Popescu
- Synchrotron SOLEIL
- R. Fan
- Diamond Light Source
- P. Steadman
- Diamond Light Source
- J. A. T. Verezhak
- Department of Physics, University of Warwick
- G. Balakrishnan
- Department of Physics, University of Warwick
- J. C. Loudon
- Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge
- A. C. Twitchett-Harrison
- Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge
- O. Hovorka
- Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Southampton
- H. Fangohr
- Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Southampton
- F. Y. Ogrin
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Exeter
- J. Gräfe
- Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems
- P. D. Hatton
- Centre for Materials Physics, Durham University
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15474-8
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 11,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 8
Abstract
Magnetic skyrmions are thought to possess a tube-like structure in three dimensions, but this has not been directly observed in experiment. Here, Birch et al. report real-space imaging of skyrmion tubes in a lamella of FeGe.
