Vortex Core-Driven Magnetization Dynamics

Science

Volumn 304, Issue 5669, 2004, Pages 420-422

  Choe, S B ^a   Acremann, Y ^b   Scholl, A ^a   Bauer, A ^a,b,c   Doran, A ^a   Stohr J ^b   Padmore, H A ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MAGNETIZATION; MAGNETS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

FERROMAGNETIC VORTEX; MAGNETIC STRUCTURE; MICROSCOPIC MAGNETS; OUT-OF-PLANE MAGNETIZATION;

VORTEX FLOW;

MAGNETIC PROPERTY;

ARTICLE; CHIRALITY; DYNAMICS; LINEAR DICHROISM; MAGNETISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VELOCITY; VORTEX MOTION; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 1942488190     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1095068     Document Type: Article

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