Vortex formation during magnetization reversal of Co slotted nanorings

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 3885-3888

  He, Kai ^a   Agarwal, Nipun ^a,b   Smith, David J ^a   McCartney, Martha R ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Headway Technologies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Holography; Magnetization reversal; Three step hysteresis loop; Vortex formation

Indexed keywords

COBALT METALLOGRAPHY; ELECTRON HOLOGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY; HYSTERESIS; HYSTERESIS LOOPS; NANORINGS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; VORTEX FLOW;

DIRECT VISUALIZATION; HYSTERESIS BEHAVIOR; LORENTZ MICROSCOPIES; MAGNETIZATION CONFIGURATION; OFF-AXIS ELECTRON HOLOGRAPHY; QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION; SWITCHING BEHAVIORS; VORTEX FORMATION;

MAGNETIZATION REVERSAL;

EID: 70350608303     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2009.2024896     Document Type: Article

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