Temperature effects on the switching of small ultrathin magnetic structures

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 85, Issue 8 II A, 1999, Pages 4364-4366

  Chui, S T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIZATION; MAGNETORESISTANCE; THERMAL EFFECTS; ULTRATHIN FILMS;

MAGNETIZATION SWITCHING;

MAGNETIC THIN FILMS;

EID: 0032606593     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.369785     Document Type: Article

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