Mechanisms of the ultrafast magnetization switching in bistable amorphous microwires

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 106, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Ipatov, M ^a   Zhukova, V ^a   Zvezdin, A K ^a,b   Zhukov, A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b PROKHOROV GENERAL PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^c Parque Tecnologico de Miramon   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISTABLE AMORPHOUS MICROWIRES; BISTABLES; CRITICAL MAGNETIC FIELD; DOMAIN WALL VELOCITIES; INHOMOGENEITIES; LINEAR DEPENDENCE; MICROWIRE; NON-LINEAR REGIMES; NUCLEATION CENTER; REMAGNETIZATION; REVERSE DOMAINS; SPINTRONIC DEVICE; ULTRAFAST MAGNETIZATION;

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; MAGNETIC DOMAINS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETS;

MAGNETIZATION REVERSAL;

EID: 70849128280     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3256121     Document Type: Article

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