Construction of hysteresis loops of single domain elements and coupled permalloy ring arrays by magnetic force microscopy

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 93, Issue 10 3, 2003, Pages 8540-8542

  Zhu, Xiaobin ^a   Grutter P ^a   Metlushko, V ^b   Hao, Y ^c   Castano F J ^c   Ross, C A ^c   Ilic, B ^d   Smith, H I ^e  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b 1120 Science and Engineering Offices   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^e USA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COERCIVE FORCE; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC HYSTERESIS; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; MAGNETIZATION; MAGNETOSTATICS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; PHASE LOCKED LOOPS; REMANENCE;

MAGNETIC FORCE MICROSCOPY (MFM);

MAGNETIC MATERIALS;

EID: 0037978914     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1540129     Document Type: Conference Paper

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