Electron Flies Across Magnetic Vortices (VIDEO)

Technical University of Munich (TUM)

Caption

In this animated illustration, an electron (black ball) flies across a lattice of magnetic vortices. The forces transferred in the process allow the magnetic structures to be controlled with relatively small electric currents.

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Copyright Prof. A. Rosch, Universitaet Koeln, and W. Schumann, TU Muenchen.

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