Domain walls, domain wall transformations and structural changes in permalloy nanowires when subjected to current pulses

Physica Status Solidi (A) Applications and Materials Science

Volumn 204, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3922-3928

  Hempe, E M ^a,b   Klaui M ^c   Kasama, T ^a   Backes, D ^c,d   Junginger, F ^a,c   Krzyk, S ^c   Heyderman, L J ^d   Dunin Borkowski, R ^a,e   Rudiger U ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^d PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT PULSES; DOMAIN WALL TRANSFORMATIONS; NANOSCALE PERMALLOY ZIGZAG WIRES; PERMALLOY NANOWIRES;

DOMAIN WALLS; JOULE HEATING; METASTABLE PHASES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

NANOWIRES;

EID: 38049158515     PISSN: 18626300     EISSN: 18626319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pssa.200777193     Document Type: Article

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