Suppression of the weak-localization effect due to a domain wall in mesoscopic wires of ferromagnetic metals

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 328-331

  Takane, Yositake ^a   Koyama, Yasusi ^b  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b AKITA NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Domain wall; Ferromagnetic metal; Weak localization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034390487     PISSN: 00319015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/JPSJ.69.328     Document Type: Article

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