Magnetization reversal in ultrathin films with monolayer-scale surface roughness

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 77, Issue 17, 1996, Pages 3653-3656

  Moschel, A ^a   Hyman, R A ^a   Zangwill, A ^a   Stiles, M D ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0000537703     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.77.3653     Document Type: Article

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