Precessional switching of thin nanomagnets with uniaxial anisotropy

Topics in Applied Physics

Volumn 101, Issue , 2006, Pages 1-55

  Devolder, Thibaut ^a   Schumacher, Hans Werner ^a   Chappert, Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

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EID: 33750823405     PISSN: 03034216     EISSN: 14370859     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/10938171_1     Document Type: Article

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