Vortex motion in chilarity-controlled pair of magnetic disks

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 90, Issue 13, 2007, Pages

  Kimura, T ^a,b   Otani, Y ^a,b   Masaki, H ^a   Ishida, T ^a   Antos, R ^b   Shibata, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b RIKEN   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAGNETIC DISK STORAGE; MAGNETORESISTANCE; MAGNETOSTATICS;

MAGNETIC VORTICES; MICROMAGNETIC SIMULATION; VORTEX ANNIHILATION PROCESS;

MAGNETIZATION;

EID: 34047165773     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2716861     Document Type: Article

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