Chirality reversal of the interface domain wall in a hard/soft magnetic bilayer

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 14, 2004, Pages

  Henry, Y ^a   Mangin, S ^b   Montaigne, E ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE ET CHIMIE DES MATÉRIAUX DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b INSTITUT JEAN LAMOUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BILAYER MEMBRANE; CHIRALITY; FILM; HARDNESS; MAGNETISM; PHASE TRANSITION;

EID: 42749099640     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.69.140401     Document Type: Article

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