Exchange-biased magnetic vortices

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1968-1973

  Hoffmann, Axel ^a   Sort, Jordi ^b   Buchanan, Kristen S ^a   Nogués, Josep ^b  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Exchange bias; Magnetic vortex; Magnetization reversal; Patterned system

Indexed keywords

ANTIFERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; FERROMAGNETISM; MAGNETIZATION REVERSAL; MAGNETS; QUANTUM OPTICS; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

ASYMMETRIC HYSTERESIS; EXCHANGE BIAS; MAGNETIC VORTICES; MAGNETIZATION ROTATIONS; PATTERNED SYSTEM; SPATIALLY HOMOGENEOUS; UNIDIRECTIONAL ANISOTROPY; VORTEX CONFIGURATIONS;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 45849086978     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2008.924547     Document Type: Article

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