Flux closure structures in cobalt rings

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1102-1105

  Li, S P ^a   Peyrade, D ^a   Natali, M ^a   Lebib, A ^a   Chen, Y ^a   Ebels, U ^b   Buda, L D ^b   Ounadjela, K ^b  

^a Lab Microstructures Microlectron   (France)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON BEAM LITHOGRAPHY; KERR MAGNETOOPTICAL EFFECT; MAGNETIC HYSTERESIS; MAGNETIC THIN FILMS; MAGNETIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIZATION; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; REMANENCE;

COBALT RINGS; FILM THICKNESS; FLUX CLOSURE STRUCTURES; MAGNETIC FORCE MICROSCOPY IMAGING; MAGNETIZATION REVERSAL; MAGNETOOPTIC KERR EFFECT MAGNETOMETRY; MICROMAGNETIC SIMULATION; RING DIAMETER; SINGLE DOMAIN STATE; SUBMICRON MAGNETIC RINGS;

COBALT;

EID: 4444375970     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.1102     Document Type: Article

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