High-resolution optical imaging of magnetic-domain structures

IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 229-237

  Dickson, Wayne ^a   Takahashi, Satoshi ^a   Pollard, Robert ^a   Atkinson, Ron ^a   Zayats, Anatoly V ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Magnetic domains; Magnetooptic Kerr effect; Scanning near field optical microscopy (SNOM)

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC DOMAINS; MAGNETIC FILMS; MAGNETIZATION; MAGNETOOPTICAL EFFECTS; NEAR FIELD SCANNING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT;

DOMAIN MOTION; HIGH RESOLUTION OPTICAL IMAGING; MAGNETIC FORCE MICROSCOPY (MFM); MULTILAYERED STRUCTURES;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 15944429320     PISSN: 1536125X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNANO.2004.837850     Document Type: Article

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