title: Chiral symmetry breaking in magnetic thin films and multilayers.
abstract: A phenomenological theory of chiral symmetry breaking in magnetic nanostructures is developed considering induced, inhomogeneous chiral interactions (Dzyaloshinsky-Moriya-type). Application of the theory to films and multilayers with in-plane and out-of-plane magnetization predicts modulated and two-dimensional localized patterns (vortices). These new classes of magnetic patterns are intrinsically stable and localized on nanometer scale. Various experimental observations agree qualitatively with structures derived from this theory.
authors.affiliation: Max-Planck-Institut für Physik komplexer Systeme, Nöthnitzer Strasse 38, D-01187 Dresden, Germany. bogdanov@host.dipt.donetsk.ua
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Bogdanov
authors.forename: U K
authors.initials: UK
authors.lastname: Rössler