chiral magnetic domain walls (IMAGE)

Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz

chiral magnetic domain walls

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Incoming circular left polarized (CL) and right polarized (CR) x-ray pulses scatter differently on chiral magnetic domain walls, leading to an asymmetry observed in the difference signal (CL-CR).

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Ill./©: Frank Freimuth

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This image may only be used in connection with the press release "Ultrafast dynamics of chiral spin structures observed after optical excitation", issued by Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz on December 9, 2020.

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