Tuning the domain wall orientation in thin magnetic strips using induced anisotropy

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

  Cherifi, S ^a   Hertel, R ^b   Locatelli, A ^c   Watanabe, Y ^d   Potdevin, G ^a,e   Ballestrazzi, A ^e,f   Balboni, M ^e,f   Heun, S ^e,g  

^a LABORATOIRE DE CRISTALLOGRAPHIE   (France)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c SINCROTRONE TRIESTE   (Italy)

^d JAPAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^e LABORATORIO TASC   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^g INFM   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC STRUCTURE; MAGNETIZATION;

FERROMAGNETIC STRIPS; MAGNETIC THIN STRIPS; MICROMAGNETIC SIMULATIONS;

DOMAIN WALLS;

EID: 34548460264     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2778466     Document Type: Article

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