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Vortex states à la carte

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The circulation direction of magnetization in magnetic vortices created in skewed nanodisks can be reversed using nanosecond field pulses.

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Figure 1: Reversing the circulation direction of magnetization in a magnetic vortex.
Figure 2: Vortex-based memory.

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  1. Riccardo Hertel is at the Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg, CNRS-UDS UMR 7504, Strasbourg, France,

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Hertel, R. Vortex states à la carte. Nature Nanotech 8, 318–320 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2013.81

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