Single shot Kerr magnetometer for observing real-time domain wall motion in permalloy nanowires

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 41, Issue 16, 2008, Pages

  Mohrke P ^a   Moore, T A ^a   Klaui M ^a   Boneberg, J ^a   Backes, D ^a,b   Krzyk, S ^a   Heyderman, L J ^b   Leiderer, P ^a   Rudiger U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC WIRE; KERR MAGNETOOPTICAL EFFECT; MAGNETIC DOMAINS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; MAGNETISM; MAGNETIZATION; MAGNETIZATION REVERSAL; MAGNETOMETERS; MAGNETOOPTICAL EFFECTS; NICKEL; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

MAGNETO-OPTIC KERR EFFECT; PERMALLOY NANOWIRES; REAL-TIME DOMAINS; SINGLE DOMAINS; SINGLE SHOT;

DOMAIN WALLS;

EID: 49749136623     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/41/16/164009     Document Type: Article

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