Atomically sharp magnetic domain wall in thin film Fe(110): A first principles noncollinear magnetism study

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2004, Pages

  Nakamura, Kohji ^a   Takeda, Yoshifumi ^a   Akiyama, Toru ^a   Ito, Tomonori ^a   Freeman, A J ^b  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOCAL SPIN; LONG-RANGE INTERACTIONS; PLANE-WAVE METHOD; WALL STRUCTURES;

BAND STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; IRON; MAGNETIC DOMAINS; MAGNETISM; POLARIZATION; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; STIFFNESS;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 69349106012     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.057202     Document Type: Article

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