Experimental evidence for intra-atomic noncollinear magnetism at thin film probe tips

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 86, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 2142-2145

  Bode, M ^a   Pietzsch, O ^a   Kubetzka, A ^a   Heinze, S ^a   Wiesendanger, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON TUNNELING; GADOLINIUM; MAGNETISM; MAGNETIZATION; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; POLARIZATION; SPECTROSCOPY;

BIAS VOLTAGES; INTRA ATOMIC NONCOLLINEAR MAGNETISM; SPIN DENSITY ORIENTATION; SPIN POLARIZED SCANNING TUNNELING SPECTROSCOPY; THIN MAGNETIC FILM TIPS;

MAGNETIC THIN FILMS;

EID: 0035280940     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.2142     Document Type: Article

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