Controlling the magnetization reversal mechanism, in Co/Pd multilayers by underlayer processing

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 33, Issue 5 PART 1, 1997, Pages 3247-3249

  Piramanayagam, S N ^a   Matsumoto, M ^a   Morisako, A ^a   Takei, S ^a   Kadowaki, D ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT; COERCIVE FORCE; MAGNETIC DOMAINS; MAGNETIZATION; METALLIC SUPERLATTICES; PRASEODYMIUM; SPUTTER DEPOSITION;

MAGNETIZATION REVERSAL MECHANISMS;

MAGNETIC FILMS;

EID: 0031223491     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.617906     Document Type: Article

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