X-ray imaging of the dynamic magnetic vortex core deformation

Nature Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 332-334

  Vansteenkiste, A ^a   Chou, K W ^b   Weigand, M ^c   Curcic, M ^c   Sackmann, V ^c   Stoll, H ^c   Tyliszczak, T ^b   Woltersdorf, G ^d   Back, C H ^d   Schutz G ^c   Van Waeyenberge, B ^c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; MAGNETIC STORAGE; MAGNETIC THIN FILMS; MAGNETIZATION;

DYNAMIC DEFORMATION; MAGNETIC VORTEX CORES; MAGNETIC X-RAY MICROSCOPY; MAGNETIZATION VECTOR; REVERSAL MECHANISM; SWITCHING MECHANISM; THEORETICAL MODELLING; VORTEX-ANTIVORTEX PAIRS;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 67649199961     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1231     Document Type: Article

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