Superconductivity as a probe of magnetic switching and ferromagnetic stability in Nb/Ni multilayers

Philosophical Magazine

Volumn 86, Issue 17-18, 2006, Pages 2735-2760

  De Long, L E ^a   Kryukov, S A ^a   Bosomtwi, A ^a   Xu, Wentao ^a   Gonzalez, E M ^b   Navarro, E ^b   Villegas, J E ^b   Vicent, J L ^b   Yu, Chengtao ^c   Pechan, M J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERROMAGNETISM; MAGNETISM; MAGNETOMETERS; NICKEL; NIOBIUM; SQUIDS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

FERROMAGNETIC STABILITY; MAGNETIC SWITCHING; SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITION;

MULTILAYERS;

EID: 33646921504     PISSN: 14786435     EISSN: 14786443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14786430500422308     Document Type: Conference Paper

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