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Nanotechnology

Nanomagnetics

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skyrmions

Imaging the Elusive Skyrmion

Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) with colleagues elsewhere have employed neutron imaging and a reconstruction algorithm

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Projects and Programs

A current (white arrow) flowing through a tantalum film generates a current of spins (dark blue arrows) that impinges on the ferromagnetic cobalt iron boron layer and causes the magnetization (gold arrow) to charge directions (light blue arrow).

Theory of Spin-Orbit Torque

Ongoing
The working of countless electronic devices involves electric and magnetic effects interacting within nanostructured materials. In the phenomenon known as spin
Fig. 1. Die containing 285 superparamagnetic tunnel junctions.

Spintronics for Neuromorphic Computing

Ongoing
One promising new approach to next generation information processing is spintronics, where information is carried by electronic spin rather than charge. Among

Computational Micromagnetics

Ongoing
NIST researchers develop simulation tools to support modeling, measurement and fundamental understanding of micromagnetic physics.

Publications

Investigating the Harmonic Dependence of MPI Resolution

Author(s)
Mark-Alexander Henn, Thinh Bui, Solomon I. Woods
In this work we investigate how the MPI resolution changes as a function of signal harmonics. Based on a simulation study that models a lock-in measurement of