Negative refraction of dipole-exchange spin waves through a magnetic twin interface in restricted geometry

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 21, 2008, Pages

  Kim, Sang Koog ^a   Choi, Sangkook ^a   Lee, Ki Suk ^a   Han, Dong Soo ^a   Jung, Dae Eun ^a   Choi, Youn Seok ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REFRACTION;

DIPOLE-EXCHANGE SPIN WAVES; MICROMAGNETIC MODELING;

SPIN WAVES;

EID: 44449103829     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2936294     Document Type: Article

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