Illustration of electric-magnetic-switchable skyrmions (IMAGE)

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Illustration of electric-magnetic-switchable skyrmions

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Researchers used a nonlinear metasurface to experimentally demonstrate skyrmions that can be switched between electric and magnetic modes in free-space toroidal terahertz light pulses.

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Li Niu and Xueqian Zhang, Tianjin University

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