Observation of room-temperature magnetic skyrmions and their current-driven dynamics in ultrathin metallic ferromagnets
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- 29 February 2016
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- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Nature Materials
- Vol. 15 (5), 501-506
- https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat4593
Abstract
Generation of stable skyrmion lattices and displacement of trains of individual skyrmions along a magnetic racetrack by short current pulses are demonstrated at room temperature in ultrathin metallic ferromagnets.Keywords
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