Domain structure in biaxial Fe/Cr films induced by lateral fluctuations of the magnetic anisotropy

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 17, 2008, Pages

  Rzhevsky, A A ^a,b   Krichevtsov, B B ^b   Burgler D E ^a   Schneider, C M ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 44449149370     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.77.174432     Document Type: Article

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