Experimental evidence of multiple stable locations for a domain wall trapped by a submicron notch

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 84, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1910-1912

  Lacour, D ^a   Katine, J A ^a   Folks, L ^a   Block, T ^a   Childress, J R ^a   Carey, M J ^a   Gurney, B A ^a  

^a HITACHI AMERICA LTD   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOMAIN WALLS (DW); MAGNETIC FORCE MICROSCOPY (MFM);

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRON BEAM LITHOGRAPHY; ETCHING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIZATION; MAGNETORESISTANCE; REMANENCE;

MAGNETIC DOMAINS;

EID: 1842788559     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1686893     Document Type: Article

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