Nature Communications (Feb 2019)

Dynamics of the Bloch point in an asymmetric permalloy disk

  • Mi-Young Im,
  • Hee-Sung Han,
  • Min-Seung Jung,
  • Young-Sang Yu,
  • Sooseok Lee,
  • Seongsoo Yoon,
  • Weilun Chao,
  • Peter Fischer,
  • Jung-Il Hong,
  • Ki-Suk Lee

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08327-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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The intrinsic nature and dynamics of a Bloch point has not been verified so far. Here, Im et al. report the realization and dynamical character of steady-state Bloch points in the magnetic vortex cores in asymmetrically shaped Ni80Fe20 nanodisks.