Micromagnetic domain structures in cylindrical nickel dots

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Skidmore, George D ^b   Kunz, Andrew ^c   Campbell, C E ^a   Dahlberg, E Dan ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b ZYVEX CORPORATION   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICKEL;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; MAGNETISM; PREDICTION; SIMULATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 42749104999     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.70.012410     Document Type: Article

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