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Researchers have created an optical device that can generate both electric and magnetic vortex-ring-like light patterns. These structured light vortices, known as skyrmions, are highly stable and ...

On-demand control of stable toroidal vortices lays groundwork for robust wireless data encoding. (Nanowerk News) Researchers have created an optical device that can generate both electric and magnetic ...

A magnetic vortex, known as a skyrmion (grey dot), being displaced into the corners of a triangular field by electrical currents, where it bounces off the sides. The potentials shown in red are ...