3-D Imaging -- First Insights Into Magnetic Fields

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The magnetic field of a dipol magnet visualized by spinpolarized neutrons. Credit: Hahn-Meitner-Institut Berlin
The magnetic field of a dipol magnet visualized by spinpolarized neutrons. Credit: Hahn-Meitner-Institut Berlin

3-D images are not only useful in medicine; the observation of internal structures is also invaluable in many other fields of scientific investigation. Recently, researchers from the Hahn-Meitner-Institute (HMI) in Berlin in cooperation with University of Applied Sciences have succeeded, for the first time, in a direct, three-dimensional visualisation of magnetic fields inside solid, non-transparent materials. This is announced by Nikolay Kardjilov and colleagues in the current issue of the journal Nature Physics.


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