Electron interaction with domain walls in antiferromagnetically coupled multilayers

Europhysics Letters

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 888-894

  Aliev, F G ^a   Schad, R ^b   Volodin, A ^c   Temst, K ^c   Van Haesendonck, C ^c   Bruynseraede, Y ^c   Vavra, I ^d   Dugaev, V K ^e   Villar, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING   (Slovakia)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MICROSTRUCTURE PHYSICS   (Germany)

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EID: 0141644184     PISSN: 02955075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1209/epl/i2003-00597-2     Document Type: Article

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