Micromagnetics of the single-domain state of square ferromagnetic nanostructures

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 58, Issue 14, 1998, Pages 9217-9226

  Cowburn, R ^a   Welland, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000190277     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.58.9217     Document Type: Article

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