Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8156044 | Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials | 2015 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
The physical origin of the field-induced spin chirality experimentally observed in rare earth multilayers is determined. It is shown that the effect is possible due to the interplay between solid-state exchange interactions (the Ruderman-Kittel-Kasuya-Yosida and the Dsyaloshinsky-Moriya interactions), the external magnetic field and a special confinement of magnetic constituents. The presented model describes a certain temperature dependence of the chirality factor in agreement with experimental data and opens a new way to design nanostructured objects with predicted handedness.
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Authors
Elena V. Tartakovskaya,