Micromagnetic model of noncollective magnetization reversal in ultrathin magnetic dots with in-plane uniaxial anisotropy

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 63, Issue 17, 2001, Pages

  Fruchart, O ^a   Kevorkian, B ^a   Toussaint, J C ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE CRISTALLOGRAPHIE   (France)

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ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ENERGY; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; MAGNETISM; MODEL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0034909971     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.63.174418     Document Type: Article

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