Size-independent spin switching field using synthetic antiferromagnets

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 82, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 2667-2669

  Inomata, K ^a   Koike, N ^a   Nozaki, T ^a   Abe, S ^a   Tezuka, N ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC DOMAINS; MAGNETIZATION; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT; RANDOM ACCESS STORAGE;

MAGNETIC FORCE MICROSCOPY (MFM);

ANTIFERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS;

EID: 0038221315     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1568823     Document Type: Article

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