Room temperature skyrmion ground state stabilized through interlayer exchange coupling

Chen, Gong; Mascaraque, Arantzazu; N'Diaye, Alpha T.; Schmid, Andreas K.

doi:10.1063/1.4922726

Room temperature skyrmion ground state stabilized through interlayer exchange coupling

Journal Article · Wed Jun 17 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Applied Physics Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4922726· OSTI ID:1226758

Chen, Gong ^[1]; Mascaraque, Arantzazu ^[2]; N'Diaye, Alpha T. ^[3]; Schmid, Andreas K. ^[1]

NCEM, Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
Depto. Física de Materiales, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain, Unidad Asociada IQFR (CSIC) - UCM, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA

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Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

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OSTI ID:: 1226758

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 22482011

Journal Information:: Applied Physics Letters, Journal Name: Applied Physics Letters Journal Issue: 24 Vol. 106; ISSN APPLAB; ISSN 0003-6951

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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