Light-Induced Metastable Magnetic Texture Uncovered by in situ Lorentz Microscopy
Magnetic topological defects, such as vortices and Skyrmions, can be stabilized as equilibrium structures in nanoscale geometries and by tailored intrinsic magnetic interactions. Here, employing rapid quench conditions, we report the observation of a light-induced metastable magnetic texture, which...
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Published in | Physical review letters Vol. 118; no. 9; p. 097203 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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United States
03.03.2017
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Summary: | Magnetic topological defects, such as vortices and Skyrmions, can be stabilized as equilibrium structures in nanoscale geometries and by tailored intrinsic magnetic interactions. Here, employing rapid quench conditions, we report the observation of a light-induced metastable magnetic texture, which consists of a dense nanoscale network of vortices and antivortices. Our results demonstrate the emergence of ordering mechanisms in quenched optically driven systems, which may give a general access to novel magnetic structures on nanometer length scales. |
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ISSN: | 1079-7114 |
DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.118.097203 |