Magnetic Domain Imaging of Nd2Fe14B Single Crystals with Unmodified Scanning Electron Microscopy

Materials Characterization

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 201-209

  Wang, J Y ^a,c   Lewis, L H ^a   Welch, D O ^a   Canfield, Paul ^b  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c APPLIED MATERIALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MAGNETIC DOMAINS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

KERR OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; MAGNETIC DOMAIN IMAGING; STRAY FLUX;

NEODYMIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0032205073     PISSN: 10445803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1044-5803(98)00041-2     Document Type: Article

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