Formation and control of magnetic vortex chirality in patterned micromagnet arrays

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Konoto, M ^a,b   Yamada, T ^a,b   Koike, K ^a,b,e   Akoh, H ^a,b   Arima, T ^c   Tokura, Y ^a,b,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETS; MICROSTRUCTURE;

MAGNETIC VORTEX CHIRALITY; MICROMAGNET ARRAYS;

CHIRALITY;

EID: 38849199639     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2828177     Document Type: Article

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