Magnetooptic switch based on domain wall motion in orthoferrites

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 38, Issue 5 I, 2002, Pages 3243-3245

  Didosyan, Yuri S ^a   Hauser, Hans ^a   Reider, Georg A ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Domain wall velocity; Faraday effect; Magnetic hysteresis; Optical switch; Orthoferrite crystal

Indexed keywords

FARADAY EFFECT; MAGNETIC HYSTERESIS; MAGNETOOPTICAL DEVICES; OPTICAL SWITCHES;

MAGNETOOPTIC SWITCHES;

FERRITES;

EID: 0036763022     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2002.802513     Document Type: Article

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