Ferromagnetic nanorings

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 19, Issue 25, 2007, Pages

  Vaz, C A F ^a,h   Hayward, T J ^a   Llandro, J ^a   Schackert, F ^a   Morecroft, D ^a   Bland, J A C ^a   Klaui M ^b   Laufenberg, M ^b   Backes, D ^b,c   Rudiger U ^b   Castao F J ^d   Ross, C A ^d   Heyderman, L J ^c   Nolting, F ^c   Locatelli, A ^e   Faini, G ^f   Cherifi, S ^g   Wernsdorfer, W ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^e SINCROTRONE TRIESTE   (Italy)

^f CNRS   (France)

^g LABORATOIRE DE CRISTALLOGRAPHIE   (France)

^h Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOMAIN WALLS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; GEOMETRY; MAGNETOSTATICS; SPIN DYNAMICS; SWITCHING; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

RING ELEMENTS; SPIN STATES; VORTEX STATES;

NANORINGS;

EID: 34250198328     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/19/25/255207     Document Type: Article

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