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Chiral Symmetry Breaking in Magnetic Thin Films and Multilayers

Year: 2001

Type: article

Abstract: A phenomenological theory of chiral symmetry breaking in magnetic nanostructures is developed considering induced, inhomogeneous chiral interactions (Dzyaloshinsky-Moriya-type). Application of the theory to films and multilayers with in-plane and out-of-plane magnetization predicts modulated and two-dimensional localized patterns (vortices). These new classes of magnetic patterns are intrinsically stable and localized on nanometer scale. Various experimental observations agree qualitatively with structures derived from this theory.

Source: Physical Review Letters

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.87.037203

Authors: A. N. Bogdanov, U. K. Rößler

Institutions: Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research

Language: English

Topic: Magnetic properties of thin films

Subfield: Condensed Matter Physics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2060511679

FWCI: 3.766

Cites: 26

Cited by: 563

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