Fabrication of nanomagnet arrays by shadow deposition on self-organized semiconductor substrates

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 588-590

  Teichert, C ^a,b   Barthel, J ^a   Oepen, H P ^a   Kirschner, J ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MICROSTRUCTURE PHYSICS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT; ELECTRODEPOSITION; KERR MAGNETOOPTICAL EFFECT; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; SEMICONDUCTING FILMS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SUBSTRATES;

NANOMAGNETS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATES; SHADOW DEPOSITION;

MAGNETS;

EID: 0033601591     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.123154     Document Type: Article

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