Magnetization reversal and coercive force in ultrathin films with perpendicular surface anisotropy: Micromagnetic theory

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 55, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 8382-8389

  Hu, Xiao ^a  

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

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EID: 0008759079     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.55.8382     Document Type: Article

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