Swirls (IMAGE)

Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie

Swirls

Caption

Artistic representation of the center down-convergent polarization field. It results from the compression of the polarization flux by the sidewalls of the nanoislands. The texture in each nanoisland resembles a swirling vortex of liquid flowing into a narrowing funnel.

Credit

Laura Canil /HZB

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