Nano-sized magnetic instabilities in Fe/NiO/Fe(001) epitaxial thin films

Thin Solid Films

Volumn 515, Issue 2 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 712-715

  Brambilla, A ^a   Biagioni, P ^a   Rougemaille, N ^b   Schmid, A K ^b   Lanzara, A ^c   Duo L ^a   Ciccacci, F ^a   Finazzi, M ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiferromagnet; Iron; Magnetic domains; Magnetic microscopy; Nickel oxide

Indexed keywords

ANTIFERROMAGNETISM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IRON; MAGNETIC COUPLINGS; MAGNETIC DOMAINS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHOTOEMISSION;

MAGNETIC IMAGING; MAGNETIC MICROSCOPY; NICKEL OXIDE; SPIN-POLARISED LOW-ENERGY ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (SPLEEM);

THIN FILMS;

EID: 33748756694     PISSN: 00406090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2005.12.260     Document Type: Article

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