Nanoscale magnetostrictive response in a thin film owing to a local magnetic field

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 616-618

  Berger, R ^a   Krause, F ^a   Dietzel, A ^a   Seo, J W ^b,c   Fompeyrine, J ^c   Locquet, J P ^c  

^a IBM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^c IBM RESEARCH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 0042689426     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.125835     Document Type: Article

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