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Tohoku University

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Chirality (handedness) control in metallic helimagnet. Atomic magnetic moments are arranged in a twisted spiral pattern to form a left- or right-handed helimagnetic structure. Chirality is controlled by applying magnetic field H and electric current j simultaneously. Helimagnet-based memory would utilize the chirality to represent binary data ("0" and "1").

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Hidetoshi Masuda et al.

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